The packaging will feature limited edition “Recycle Me!” messaging and is intended to build recycling awareness among both consumers and MRF operators. Colgate has launched a line of recyclable ...

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 ...

Worcester councillor Zoe Cookson says the new rules should boost recycling rates.

You may have already noticed that tubes of toothpaste can't be recycled after you've used them up—as it turns out, most tubes contain a mix of aluminum, which is usually excluded from curbside ...

A man has maintained his world record title for the largest collection of toothpaste tubes. Val Kolpakov, a dentist from Alpharetta, Georgia, has a collection of thousands of toothpaste tubes, ...

Among the bathroom-related design woes out there, there are few as frustrating as the toothpaste tube. Even when we know it’s gone, we act like there there’s always just a little more toothpaste to be ...

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New York-based Colgate-Palmolive says it has finalized the design of a first-of-its-kind recyclable toothpaste tube, saying the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), Washington, announced its ...

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 ...

When you’re brushing your teeth and you’ve squeezed out the last bit of toothpaste, you probably toss the empty tube in the trash. Few people realize that most toothpaste tubes are now recyclable—at ...

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