For decades there was no way to recycle empty toothpaste tubes. Every minute about 38,000 of them ended up as trash, dumped in landfills or incinerators around the world. Then, around 12 years ago, ...

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Toothpaste tubes can now be recycled in kerbside recycling collections in Somerset. It is one of the first areas to launch the service after more brands have simplified their packaging to a single ...

Colgate Palmolive has launched a new vegan-friendly toothpaste range packaged in a first-of-its-kind recyclable plastic tube, with the technology set to be shared with competitor brands. Colgate’s ...

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Unilever, the parent company of widely used toothpastes Pepsodent and Closeup, will introduce recyclable tubes this year in India, in order to help cut plastic pollution. Unilever has been working on ...

Do you know who invented the first plastic toothpaste tube? According to this story in the Lowell Sun, it was Westford, Mass., plastics expert Roger Brandt, who died on Dec. 8 at age 88. Brandt worked ...

The oral-care brand is launching what it says is a vegan-certified toothpaste that comes in an “industry-first” recyclable tube. The product’s development is five years in the making. Most toothpaste ...