Hee! Sitting in front of me now is a 5-pack containing 4 HB pencils (the other was sacrificed in destructive testing to determine exactly what it was made of) boldly stating
NEW Technology!
SAVE OUR FORESTS
WOOD FREE Quality Pencils
Contains recycled materials
and in small print on the back
This product contains 18% recycled materials - save our trees and save our future!
Typical. They 'meant well' I suppose...
Oh yes. Also more than twice the price of HB Staedlers made from killed trees.