While there are many online recipes for toothpaste, trust me when i say that you don't want to go there.
Toms of Maine is a really good responsible company that has a line of all natural toothpastes. Best of all, if you take the plastic cap off when you are finished, you can
recycle the tubes with your aluminum cans.
I also use a little
squeezer on my tubes so i can get every little last drop out before it hits the recycling bin.
PROS: Less nausea with toothpaste, less landfill space used by using a recyclable product, less time than making your own toothpaste
CONS: Compared to the homemade stuff, very few
4 comments:
How about just using the edge of your counter and save four bucks for yet another piece of plastic - get real!
I don't buy toothpaste anymore. Use a little baking soda and hydrogen peroxide, Eco-Dent or just water. I always check to see if a plastic bottle is recyclable, otherwise I don't buy the product. Flossing is very important too. Haven't figured out how to not buy that, and am not happy that the floss containers aren't recyclable.
We're talking to the choir here, because 99% of Americans would never spend the time to recycle!
I bet someday there will be businesses "mining" our landfills for the resources we've trashed.
Eco-Dent also carries dental floss in recyclable cardboard containers called Gentle Floss.I saved an old plastic floss container that has no recycling number on it and just transfer the new floss to it for a sturdier container, basically refillable.I should go to Eco-Dents web site and see if I can find out what the floss fiber is exactly, none the less I have been putting the used floss in my flower bed, NOT vegitable gardening, compost and thus far it seems to be breaking down.More and more manufacturers are putting the recycling number 5,aka. polypropylene, on their floss containers, but this is a difficult plastic to recycle in most locales and if you do recycle the containers separate the various parts like the metal "cutter". FLOSS!!! Reduce tooth decay and keep ill health away! Hooray!
As a living thing with a great mind on this planet, it is our responsibility to protect nature. There is so much to do with a toothpaste tube if we only widen our minds and see limitless availability of ideas. I just hope that every toothpaste company would think of refilling old tubes rather than buying new ones. At least, in that way, they will not just help our mouth to be clean and healthy, but nature as well. =)
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