claim: Crayola accepts boxes of "dead markers" for recycling at no cost to consumers.
origin: On 3 August 2017 Facebook rumors asserted that art supply-maker Crayola would recycle their own markers â€œfor free,â€ often alongside a photograph of a massive box of â€œdead markersâ€: Crayola does accept spent markers for recycling through their ColorCycle program â€” but, according to their web site, the program is only open to schools in the â€œcontiguous 48 United States and some areas in Canada.â€ Individual Crayola customers arenâ€™t eligible to send their markers directly to Crayola for recycling, but the program included printable posters for school drop-off points.Â The program also accepts non-Crayola markers and pays for shipping. Hereâ€™s how it works: And although homeschoolers were not yet eligible to participate, Crayola stated they were â€œhoping to roll out the program to include home schools, daycares and preschools in the future.â€ The ColorCycle program wasÂ launched in August 2013 as a partnership with JBI, Inc.Â The idea is to convert the used markers, which are not easily recycled, into liquid fuel.Â