Twice a day we carry out the same old minty ritual—several up-and-down strokes, rinse and spit. If the experience is a bore, most of us shrug it off as the price for shiny whites. But now, a new crop ...

Colgate has developed the first recyclable toothpaste tube. The Association of Plastic Recyclers recognized the innovative container that will help toothbrushers do their part to save the planet. And ...

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.

Of the hundreds of thousands of tubes of toothpaste sold in the U.S. each year, most end up in landfills. The tubes, which are usually made of a mix of materials including aluminum, aren’t accepted at ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CNN) — Colgate wants to give you another ...

After five years of research, Colgate-Palmolive recently revealed Australia’s first recyclable toothpaste tube. Why is this exciting? They are eager to share the design with the rest of the toothpaste ...

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A new recyclable toothpaste tube is one step closer to heading for store shelves. Colgate announced Thursday it finalized a design of the recyclable tube — what they said is the first of its kind — ...