Terracil exists because we believe that small changes can have a huge impact. Millions of pencils are used in the US every year. Trees, matured over a decade are cut within seconds to make these pencils. The pencils are then painted with polymer paint (plastic), embellished with PVC sleeves (plastic), engraved with foil (landfill) and capped with metal ferrules (landfill) and synthetic erasers (more plastic) - all designed for convenience and fancy with no regard to what happens to them after use.

We are determined to change this by offering Terracils that are made sustainably, using recycled paper, ensuring no trees are cut down specifically to make them.

But we went a step further and said what happens to them after use? We took a conscious decision to do away with anything that will prevent Terracils from having a meaningful end of life. With Terracil, you will find the cleanest pencil, devoid of anything that will take away from our core promise - of taking nothing from the earth but giving back as compost.

Terracils write in a perfect shade of grey-black, and the writing is smoother than silk! Try it out, we promise you will never look at a pencil the same way again.