Pencil this in: Biodegradable pen hits the market

New York – How many pens have you lost in your lifetime? Unfortunately, they will be lying around for a while, since conventional pens take up to 400 years to biodegrade.

Happily, there is a new solution; design agency DBA has made the first ever 98%-biodegradable pen.

The black, minimalistic pen is made from plastic produced from renewable plant starches and is the first pen to utilise ecologically responsible inner components, such as water-based ink.

The pen is produced at a wind-powered facility in the US and is designed as a responsible alternative to the wasteful, often toxic pens we use almost every day; so next time you lose your pen, you know it will disappear harmlessly. For more on the ways in which brands are considering the environment, read our recent micro trend on Cradle-to-cradle (C2C) production.