Near about 50 billion ballpoint pens are trashed every yea and that 95% of a conventional pen is made of plastic, and the ink and the tip comprise only 5%.

New Delhi-based Saurabh H Mehta set out on a mission to craft a pen sans plastic and has now launched what he claims is the world's first 100% biodegradable pen.

It took him 7 years to achieve this mission.

The pen uses nox toxic ink and uses a refill made of recycled paper.