Toothpaste tubes

Cut them in half when they're almost empty - you'd be surprised how much is still in there!

Euthymol does still come in metal tubes, but I don’t like the taste! It is strange I’ve always thought it strange how the metal tubes are still used for tomato purée, but not for toothpaste. Maybe it will make a comeback now we are all so plastic conscious.

I buy these, they work well.

Check your nearest plastic toothpaste tube recycling facility

www.recyclenow.com/recycle-an-item/toothpaste-tubes#locator

Toothpaste tubes were originally made from lead and cadmium, two metals that you don’t want leeching into something you put into your mouth. These were replaced by aluminium which is expensive.

One of the reasons the price of canned food has risen so much is to do with the cost of the aluminium. You can still buy toothpaste in metal tubes or tins but it tends to be from smaller brands and much more expensive. Metal tubes might still have plastic cap.

You can buy key toothpaste squeezers for a few pounds or you can improvise with a large paperclip or a hairpin or a couple of lolly sticks held tightly held together with rubber bands at the ends.

You can recycle plastic tubes at Boots.

I cut the end from the tube and use my toothbrush to get to the remaining paste that accumulates at the cap end.

I was told some years ago that manufacturers made the nozzle wider so people used more toothpaste each time so they would need to buy another tube more quickly.

Squeezing an amount the length of a manual brushhead as shown in advertisments is unnecessary and wasteful. Electric toothbrushes only have a small round head. An amount the size of a pea is enough whatever brush you use.

Nadateturbe thank you for showing the toothpaste tube squeezers . I am finding it harder to squeeze the tube also they would work on my face wash tube. 😊

MissInterpreted

Cut them in half when they're almost empty - you'd be surprised how much is still in there!

Do this for all tubes, you will save a fortune!

I recycle toothpaste tubes at Boots too

You can buy toothpaste tabs which come in glass jars , so plastic and metal free. More expensive tho.

When coming to the end of the toothpaste tube, I roll it up and secure with a clothes peg to get the last bit out.

I have some very small bulldog clips. I roll the end up and clip then keep rolling and clipping till I get to the end and fold the top over to get the last bit out. I do that with all my tubes of cream. I get my toothpaste in those pump type tubes and when at the end push the last bit out by pushing the handle of my hairbrush up the tube. LOL The things we do.