Most people trash empty toothpaste tubes without hesitation. Colgate teamed with a health and beauty products retailer to turn that dental-care waste into something more sustainable. Building on the ...

CNN — Toothpaste tubes currently on the market are impossible to recycle because the mix of plastics and aluminum contained in them. Soon, you may be able to toss your used-up toothpaste tube in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Toothpaste tubes have long been a challenge to recycle due to being made of different materials (primarily aluminum and plastics) that render them incompatible with recycling streams. However, Colgate ...