If your kid is prone to losing pens, it may not be worth it to invest in fountain pens. Maybe try to find pens that are made from recycled plastic or compostable materials installed.
Just my two cents!
i'm a fountain pen user. while you can use single use cartridges, there are also refillable cartridges and pens that just have a reservoir to fill manually with a bottle of ink. i have a refillable cartridge but honestly i prefer just filling a disposable cartridge with a syringe.
might be harder to use a refillable something if this is for a child.
and i'm not sure about how wasteful refillable ballpoint pen is vs fountain pen cartridges. maybe one cartridge for ballpoint lasts longer but i'm not sure.
Space pen perhaps? I think they are all metal... But it's been a while since I've looked at a cart.
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