By Cindy et Benoit
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Why change toothpaste?
Every year, toothpaste tubes alone generate nearly 3,000 tons of waste worldwide. If they don't end up in nature, where they will take nearly 500 years to degrade , they end up in the yellow bin. Then it's recycling (recently and not all the big brands have taken the plunge yet)! Recycling is not the answer to everything, however. Expensive, polluting, energy-consuming, in other words, it should be a last resort. The best waste is the one that we do not produce, especially since it is a step that we could easily do without when we know today the number of alternatives to conventional toothpaste tubes.
Another black spot on the board: waste . Yes, the tube of toothpaste is unfortunately particularly well positioned on this point... The opening is too big, we always put too much in and when we think we've finished our tube of toothpaste, it goes in the trash with still enough paste. inside for about ten brushings.
So yes, after years and years of use, changing your habits is not easy! Fortunately, this is not necessarily necessary! Let's take stock of the alternatives to tube toothpaste and find your toothpaste of tomorrow.
A little history
Toothpaste has been around for a long time and its form has evolved enormously over the centuries. The first traces of “toothpaste” appear in Antiquity, in Egypt. At that time, the Egyptians used ash mixed with clay. Already at that time, toothpaste existed in many forms: powder, fibrous chewing sticks, etc.
Each people appropriates the recipe a little more by adding various ingredients both for the taste and for the abrasiveness. This is how the ancient Greeks and Romans added, for example, pumice stone powder, crushed shells, marble dust or even bone powder.
It was not until the 19th century that toothpaste appeared in the form of a paste. It is sold in the form of a porcelain pot, but it will be necessary to wait for the First World War for the toothpaste in paste to be essential.
The tube of toothpaste, as we know it today, made its appearance in 1892. It was the dentist Washington Sheffield who was inspired by painters who used paint in tubes to create a flexible tube of toothpaste in pewter. Samuel Colgate will take up this idea in 1896 to mass manufacture and sell the concept of toothpaste in a tube which he calls: Colgate Ribbon Dental Creme.
Toothpaste to be reconstituted
It is a powder to be placed in a bottle, we fill with enough water, we shake, we wait and voila, your toothpaste is ready!
Perfect for a first green shift. In the finished state, the toothpaste to be reconstituted comes in the same form as the toothpaste in a tube: a paste to be applied to the toothbrush. Not enough to upset his daily life!
Another advantage is that it comes in the form of a distributor. A pressure on the pump and here is your dose of toothpaste delivered!
Identical and economical, it is also much healthier. With 99% of ingredients of natural origin, it is labeled Cosmos Organic and Yuka gave it a score of 100 out of 100!
Obviously, you only buy the pump with your first purchase. Then just buy the refills. Convenient !
With its sweet mint flavor, it will benefit the whole family and even children over 7 years old.
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toothpaste powder
It comes in the form of a jar that contains toothpaste in powder form. Does it remind you of anything? But yes, we do like Washington Sheffield (or like the Egyptians, it's up to you).
And when it's over? The pot is to be reused, it will be perfect for making your jam miniatures or as an airtight storage (like for children's paint or for any other food use!)
ORGANIC toothpaste with the cosmos organic label, it is available plain or mint flavored and will benefit the whole family as well as children over 7 years old. So, we stand in profile and brush our teeth for 2 minutes!
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Tablet toothpaste
It comes in the form of small chewable tablets. With saliva or just a little water (according to your preferences), the tablet will give way to just the right amount of foam for impeccable oral hygiene!
Unbeatable for travelling, chewable toothpaste is THE globe trotting toothpaste. On the go, traveling (including by plane where liquid products are limited) and even at Aunt Monique's, you can take the dose you need everywhere without risk of leakage!
With its sweet natural and slightly refreshing flavor of nettle and mint, it does not contain essential oils or fluoride, so it will be ideal for pregnant or breastfeeding women.
While its minty flavor will appeal to lovers of freshness.
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And for the children?
Often particularly sensitive and receptive to the care of our planet, children also have the right to their ecological toothpaste.
To reconstruct:
Excellent for their autonomy, they can make their own toothpaste (under the supervision of older children).
The toothpaste to be reconstituted for children is available in a delicious strawberry flavor with a bottle just for them, which they can decorate with the stickers provided. We don't change anything and we limit this waste!
Put the powder, add the water, shake then finally decorate the bottle: a real magical moment!
In tablet:
As for older children, the chewable toothpaste is available in a small recycled and recyclable cardboard box with a dispenser lid made of bio-based material. Like its counterpart to be reconstituted, the chewable toothpaste has a sweet strawberry scent. We bite, we brush, we wipe.
Real child's play!
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