Thompson’s Sanitary Service unveiled it’s newest recycling program this month just as the Newport schools are opening their doors for the start of the school year. Crayon recycling, the latest recycling program brought to you by Thompson’s, collects crayon tidbits for the ultimate full circle recycling as new crayons.

Once the crayon cast-offs are deposited in the drop-off bins located throughout Newport, Thompson’s sends them to the National Crayon Recycling Program where they’re given new life. The Program then melts the crayons and pours them into designer molds, where they’re sold on the Crazy Crayons website as funding for the program. This program has stopped more than 46,000 pounds of unwanted crayons going into landfills.

The main crayon drop-off site is located at the TSS office at 7450 NE Avery Street in Newport. At the same time, the local schools have partnered with Thompson’s to allow drop-off containers at Sam Case Elementary and Newport Intermediate where student’s families can have a convenient place to get rid of their unwanted crayons. It’s not necessary to do any prep to the crayons, but please leave on the wrappers if you can as that helps with color sorting especially for the black, purple, and blue hues. Not only is the crayon wax recycled, but the program has also put together an ingenious “fire starter” package that include the castoff crayon labels.

If you would like to find out more information about the National Crayon Recycling Program or order their recycled crayons, please go to their website at www.crazycrayons.com .

Thompson’s Sanitary Service is a third-generation family and locally owned sanitation company who has been in business since 1963. TSS offers a wide variety of services including commercial and residential recycling and waste disposal, medical waste disposal, water delivery, soil delivery, and confidential document shredding. You can also call upon us to provide the labor for any size waste disposal job on your property. The Agate Beach Transfer Station and Recycling Center also offers many more recycling opportunities and is an authorized site for the statewide E-Cycles program.

If you have further questions or would like more information on our crayon recycling program, please call Aimee Thompson at 270-5228.