Suri made its name by building a better-designed, more sustainable electric toothbrush. Now it wants to do the same for ...

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 ...

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 blue ...

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An Arizona State University student's toothpaste tube prototype forces every last bit to come out by folding down like an accordion. Nicole Pannuzzo We've all been there: The dreaded end of the ...

Travel-sized toothpaste tubes are almost a necessity when traveling, but you can end up wasting money over the years if you keep buying new ones every time you go on vacation. For less than $2, ...

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 ...

The packaging will feature limited edition “Recycle Me!” messaging and is intended to build recycling awareness among both consumers and MRF operators. Colgate has launched a line of recyclable ...

The letter from Jan M. purports to end all the toothpaste drama. However, there’s one more thing that nobody has mentioned.

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 ...