95% of people simply cannot imagine that a used ballpoint pen, since some people make millions a year with it, is often the most inconspicuous ballpoint pen. Only three countries in the world can actually produce it. In the past, our country's ballpoint pens also relied on imports from abroad.
Ballpoint pens can be said to be important writing tools for school friends. A student uses dozens of ballpoint pens every year. Under normal circumstances, the used ballpoint pens have no other use except throwing them away, let alone Can be sold for money. Speaking of the theme, let’s first talk about a ballpoint pen, which looks inconspicuous. How is it made?
A ballpoint pen has a pen tip, a pen holder, and a ball inside. When we write, there is a small ball on the tip of the pen, which also rolls with it. When we roll, we can also write words. , and this inconspicuous little ball, you would never guess that it is made of brass steel or carbide.
In 1943, a Hungarian editor, László Joseph Bik.
When he printed ink again, he found that the ink dried very quickly and would not stain the manuscript paper, so he had an idea and prepared to make a pen with the same ink, but at the beginning , these inks are so viscous that they cannot flow out on their own and cannot be written.
With the help of their brother George, a chemist, they put the ink into the barrel of the ballpoint pen. From then on, the world's first ballpoint pen was born.
In 1945, Bic obtained the patent for the ballpoint pen and provided the invention to the British Royal Air Force. Since then, ballpoint pens have become popular all over the world. In our country, in 1948, our first domestically produced ballpoint pen was born at the Shanghai Fengrun Ballpoint Pen Factory.
There was no technology in this area at that time. The ballpoint pen holder and the balls inside could not be developed at all. They could only be imported from the country, but imports were always suppressed.
So in 2011, our relevant departments decided to make our own domestic ballpoint pens and allocated 60 million yuan for scientific research. Our country launched a comprehensive scientific and technological research on neutral ink manufacturing and pen tip stainless steel wire processing equipment. .
The hard work pays off. After four years of hard work day and night, we researchers finally achieved a series of technological breakthroughs in 2015, which completely liberated our technical research on comparison in China. , then you no longer have to rely on imports. What is the structural principle of a ballpoint pen?
The structural principle of the ballpoint pen is actually very simple. It mainly uses the ball in the tip of the ballpoint pen to generate friction with the paper surface when writing, then the ball will roll in the pen holder, and the rolling will bring When the ink comes out, you can write.
What is the value of a ballpoint pen? Why do some people start collecting ballpoint pens?
Some people think this is a scam. What value can a ballpoint pen have? How could anyone collect it? But everyone must remember that if there is demand in the market, then someone will take it.
My friend’s uncle made seven or eight hundred thousand yuan a year just by buying ballpoint pens. Earning what an ordinary person would earn in ten years in one year makes many people envious. Not everyone can make money recycling ballpoint pens.
First of all, it is particularly difficult to recycle ballpoint pens. The recycled ballpoint pens must be disassembled, cleaned, and then sent to the purchasing manufacturer. This alone is a big problem. How to collect a large number of ballpoint pens?
What is the function of ballpoint pen? It must be writing. Where do you write more? Where are there more places where ballpoint pens are used?
No need to think about it, there must be more middle schools and high schools in the school. Nowadays, primary schools use pencils instead of ballpoint pens for the time being, while universities generally use water-based gel pens. Middle schools and high schools can be said to be the two schools that use ballpoint pens the most.
A middle school student or a high school student will use dozens or even hundreds of ballpoint pens in a year.
If a school has 4,000 students and each student consumes 80 ballpoint pens, then the consumption of ballpoint pens alone in a year is: 4,000 (person) * 80 (pieces) = 320,000 (pieces).
This year, the consumption of ballpoint pens in one school alone is 320,000. This is only a conservative calculation.
How many schools are there in every province, city, and county across the country?
There must be a lot, so the consumption of these ballpoint pens in one year alone is also an astonishing amount. Then once the volume reaches a certain level, there will definitely be a market to recycle it, and then there will definitely be people who will invest in this area. What can be done by recycling these ballpoint pens?
1. Waste recycling
Some ballpoint pen manufacturers specialize in recycling ballpoint pen pens and ballpoint pens. These are made of steel balls and some tungsten carbide balls, with diameters ranging from 0.5 mm to 1.0 mm.
Before 2011, steel balls and ballpoint pen holders like these could not be produced in our country, and they were basically imported from abroad.
Although after several years of hard work, we have finally broken through the production technology in this area. However, the holders and balls of these used ballpoint pens can be recycled and made into a new ballpoint pen.
Like a spent pen refill, you only need to fill it with ink, and then press the head of the original ballpoint pen refill up, and it will become a brand new ballpoint pen, so it can be completely recycled.
2. Recycling achieves the effect of protecting the environment
Everyone knows that it takes hundreds or thousands of years for a plastic to be completely decomposed. The barrel of the ballpoint pen is mainly made of plastic, while the pen tip is made of steel.
The used ballpoint pen tips will be sent to specialized recycling plants for recycling. And these plastic pen holders certainly play a certain role.
The headphones, mobile phone cases, computer keyboards and mice, gaming keyboards, etc. that we usually use all have ballpoint pens.
The recycled ballpoint pens, pen barrels and refills are cleaned, and then the plastic is crushed and put into a furnace to melt. It is melted into some liquid and poured into different molds to make different things.
Some are made into steering wheels, and some are made into computers, mice, keyboards, etc. Not only can it be recycled, but it also plays a great role in protecting the environment.
The Environmental Protection Bureau conducted a survey before and found that if one more ton of waste plastic is collected every year, less emissions will be achieved, which is equivalent to 6 tons of carbon dioxide.
Collecting one more ton of steel every year can also reduce three tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Therefore, these ballpoint pens can not only recycle waste, but also protect the environment and protect the air.
3. Make some works of art
Like the ballpoint pen holder we used up, some businesses directly use it to make small toys and decorative pens with different dolls on it. , and it can also be sold at a high price. The melted ballpoint pen holder can also be made into combs, dolls, etc. So can you really make millions a year by recycling ballpoint pens?
No matter which industry it is, it is the 80/20 rule that some people make money and some people lose money.
As long as you have the right skills, connections, and sources of goods, you can become a millionaire or multi-millionaire even if you pick up trash. My friend's uncle made seven or eight hundred thousand a year by recycling ballpoint pens.
The first thing to be recycled are those used ballpoint pens, which will be sent to different places for recycling according to the above conditions. For some ballpoint pens that are not sold in stock, my friend’s uncle will open a store online to sell these ballpoint pens in stock, or find some anchors to live broadcast the goods. Some ballpoint pens. The cost of a ballpoint pen is already very low. Lower the price a little further, and then buy one and get two free. This situation creates a small profit but quick turnover, and ballpoint pens are basically indispensable for anyone whose family goes to school. To the end:
So some places do recycle ballpoint pens. They recycle ballpoint pens mainly for recycling and earn a certain amount of income. This method is indeed worthy of praise, because while recycling ballpoint pens, It can also protect the environment.
In this regard, do you think it is possible to earn millions a year from recycling ballpoint pens?