Daily Detox: Floss, Brush, Recycle
Whether we like it or not, plastics have a way of invading our daily lives, like toothbrushes for instance. Got to keep the pearlies white and dentists recommend replacing your toothbrush 3-4 times per year. They’ve become one of the most common plastic “throwaway” items. Even with most people missing the annual brush quota, toothbrushes make up about 50 million pounds of waste annually. So how to balance health and nature?
Well, I usually try to present a number of products or ideas to make life green and easy but with toothbrushes there’s really just one I recommend: Preserve. Check this out:
The Preserve’s handle has been made from 100% recycled plastics with at least 65% recycled Stonyfield Farm yogurt cups since fall 2000.
These guys are diverting plastic from landfills, making a high quality product that millions of people use everyday and then, very important, taking responsibility for the product at the end of it’s life cycle.
When your Preserve toothbrush’s life is over, you can simply mail it back to the company postage paid. All of their product handles (and packaging) may be recycled. They don’t recycle toothbrushes into toothbrushes but they do recycle them into other useful products, like plastic lumber - a long, lived alternative to raw wood.
So, you can enjoy a delicious Stonyfield Farm organic yogurt which will become your 3-4 Preserve toothbrushes a year which will then become the park bench where you can sit and discuss your green life with friends new and old, all with a healthy smile of course. How cool is that?