No refills available for ball pens
@allknowing (135922)
India
August 12, 2021 12:19am CST
We always replaced spent refills with new refills but recently the shop from where we get these refills informed us that refills are not supplied any more and that we should go for new ball pens
We have loads of ball pens in our house and it is not a happy situation to see them all thrown away once the refills no longer work.
Is it the same in your country?
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19 responses
@allknowing (135922)
• India
12 Aug 21
It is not the question of cost. How many ball pens does one discard. Is it not a waste?
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@FaruMesh (3508)
• India
12 Aug 21
@allknowing Yes it's a waste.. More plastic pollution
Actually those answer was referred to sjvg, sorry
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@CuriousGab (3292)
• India
12 Aug 21
Many pens donot have refills..they are use and throw type of pens.
And many times the shopkeeper don't have refills for the pen we ask for.
Lots of pollution
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@allknowing (135922)
• India
12 Aug 21
Government is aware of all this and yet they do not care.
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@allknowing (135922)
• India
14 Aug 21
@CuriousGab Just yesterday they are back with plastic bans
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@CuriousGab (3292)
• India
13 Aug 21
@allknowing
Government won't think of it..
They will consider it a small matter and won't take any actions
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@allknowing (135922)
• India
12 Aug 21
Why should ball pens be thrown away. Is it a good policy?
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@allknowing (135922)
• India
12 Aug 21
They are not biodegradable and a nuisance to environment.
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
12 Aug 21
@allknowing i agree...they say don't use plastic and all and other side such minute things which can cause a bigger problem are not taken care of
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@franxav (13830)
• India
12 Aug 21
@allknowing Our government should ban these non-biodegradable products!
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@ThatDisha (4010)
• India
12 Aug 21
Yes, refills are not available for most pens and everytime we have to buy a new pen when one gets finished
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@allknowing (135922)
• India
13 Aug 21
I am sure you may not want to discard a pen each time.
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@allknowing (135922)
• India
13 Aug 21
@ThatDisha Well said
And the goverenment is sleeping
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@ThatDisha (4010)
• India
13 Aug 21
@allknowing yes, it's not about the cost of the pen but pens are mostly made of plastic and buying a pen each time leads to more. Production of plastic pens and it leads to plastic pollution which i do not like at all
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@Noor0000001 (378)
• Pakistan
12 Aug 21
I never use refills,always buy new ball pen.
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@allknowing (135922)
• India
12 Aug 21
There must be loads and loads of ball pens thrown away Do you like that idea?
@Noor0000001 (378)
• Pakistan
12 Aug 21
@allknowing Actually, i never find refills in any shop.
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@allknowing (135922)
• India
12 Aug 21
We have those too but it is unfair that we have to buy ball pens each time
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
12 Aug 21
I had used only one Parker ball pen for a very long time and refills are always available, a little bit more expensive than the usual refill but the writing experience is worth the price.
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@allknowing (135922)
• India
13 Aug 21
@louievill But how many think the way you do?
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@allknowing (135922)
• India
12 Aug 21
Parker is a good brand. We have all types of ball pens floating around
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
12 Aug 21
@allknowing another good thing with Parker is the refills are made of metal so they could be recycled faster since metal is more in demand than the type of plastic they use for ordinary ball pens and refills. Metals also naturally biodegrades faster than plastic.
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
12 Aug 21
yes..its the same even here..i use cello gripper ..refills are not available..i have to buy a pen every time..they said supply is stopped..
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@allknowing (135922)
• India
12 Aug 21
When I look at all the ball pens we have that are no longer useful what a waste is what I feel.
@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
12 Aug 21
Same case here, but to make sure our stationery are organized and not lying around everywhere, I don't really have a choice but to throw the ones that have run out of ink.
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@allknowing (135922)
• India
12 Aug 21
The whole world is throwing ball pens scores and scores of them
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
12 Aug 21
@allknowing Sadly yes. I have yet to find a recycling centre that accepts pen for recycling, though.
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@RasmaSandra (79649)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Aug 21
I write with one time use pens, When the ink runs out the pen gets thrown away,
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@allknowing (135922)
• India
13 Aug 21
That is what I see most users here do too. Such a waste I say
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@Marilynda1225 (82690)
• United States
12 Aug 21
I haven't refilled a pen in a long time. Usually I just toss mine when it runs out of ink.
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@allknowing (135922)
• India
13 Aug 21
There are millions like you who toss Imagine the quantity tossed
@allknowing (135922)
• India
12 Aug 21
That's it Use and throw The government is least bothered about the garbage that is collected that is not biodegradable
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@Anqaya (3033)
• United States
13 Aug 21
@allknowing I know right! But what can I do. When there's lots of things to write you have to pick easy and cheap. But I think my pen consumption has lessened due to college now.
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@allknowing (135922)
• India
12 Aug 21
Imagine the number of ball pens thrown away every day in the world if refills are not available.
@wolfgirl569 (105820)
• Marion, Ohio
12 Aug 21
That has been fairy normal here for a long time. The last I looked I could still get refills for some pens if I wanted to.
@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
12 Aug 21
@allknowing
Are pens expensive to buy when one no longer works? I am not sure if we have refills here so when a pen no longer works I buy a new one.
