None of the toothpaste tubes on the market can be recycled, and there's about 560 million per year in the U.S. alone that end up in landfills." The tablets, which come in 60-tablet bottles or boxes of ...

Toothpaste is one of everyone’s daily necessities. There are tons of toothpaste brands, flavors and variations available on the market. However, the majority of them come in a traditional paste housed ...

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but toothpaste-tube technology has improved in a way that answers so many prayers, for so many people. And I hate it. Think of your toothpaste tube. What does it look ...

Toothpaste tubes and other squeezable plastic containers are getting closer to being more sustainable in the U.S. Some 90% of toothpaste tubes on the market are now made in a way that makes them ...

Colgate redesigned its toothpaste tubes so they can go into curbside recycling bins. It could eventually keep a billion tubes out of landfills each year. Every year, Americans toss a billion tubes of ...

A tube of toothpaste is not the easiest thing to recycle. But what if you didn’t have to worry about recycling the tubes at all? The Kind Lab, a company based out of Los Angeles, has officially ...

How many tubes of toothpaste do you think you’ve used in your life? Think of a number. Now, think of the fact that it takes the average tube of toothpaste 500 years to break down. When you factor in ...

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