If there ever wassignificant off-spec stockpiles, we can assume they were rapidly depleted. So now we kick back and wait for kiddies to leave caps off markers then remember to bring them in then individually ship them cross country, to the wet weight equivalent of national food drives ? I wouldn't recommend holding breath until I was Cerulean Blue for that plan to muddle together . Color recycle is a crazy PR impractical pipe dream. JBI best look a little closer to home for "optimum feedstock" and it better be magnitudes cheaper than everything located to date, and that was BEFORE sources figured "if someone wants it, it must have value"
Interesting point made made elsewhere
but I recall a marker weight about 10 grams, much of that moisture ( thats bad , right ?) so maybe its ~15 years Crayola production full/no loss recycle, to make 1 years feed stock. I could be wrong, do your own DD
With great respect I don't think the state of our knowledge permits meaningful calculations of your (or any other) type because there are simply too many unknowns. 'Proof of concept' to me means 1. continuous high volume processor performance and, equally important, 2. assured adequate feedstock supply at profitable cost. Although like you I believe Management is confident on both issues, we cannot say the concept is proved before they provide factual positive evidence. ex.