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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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Toothpaste tubes have long been a challenge to recycle due to being made of different materials (primarily ...

Consumer products giant Unilever will introduce new recyclable toothpaste tubes for several of its brands later this year, part of a corporate mission to design only plastic packaging that is reusable ...

Colgate wants to save you the agony of trying to squeeze out every last drop of toothpaste. It’s doing that by partnering with LiquiGlide, a company spun out of MIT’s Varanasi Research Group, on a new ...

Colgate has launched recyclable toothpaste tubes with limited edition messaging. Colgate-Palmolive has launched a recyclable toothpaste tube with limited edition messaging to build recycling awareness ...