A middle schooler from Sammamish has created a partnership with local restaurants to save their crayons from ending up in the trash. Gaurangi Gupta, 13, saw a need for the initiative when she noticed a local restaurant was collecting and throwing away the crayons they provided for kids at each table. “I wondered why they were thrown out and why we couldn’t recycle and maybe even repurpose for kids in need,” Gupta said. She has identified local charities and hospitals as potential recipients and a discussion with a local restaurant manager led her to the realization that hundreds of crayons were disposed of each day. “That’s like millions of crayons thrown away every year!” she said. READ THE FULL STORY HERE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/sammamish-middle-schooler-recycle-crayons/281-abc2b1fd-4f66-4aa2-8ea1-50ebbc21a303