Wed 15 Nov 2006
Every now and then, one of those upright toothpaste dispensing tubes makes it into our bathroom cabinet and when we reach the end of it, I stare at the solid plastic case and wonder if there is any way that it can be refilled, reused or recycled?
Does anyone know if the companies take them back at all?
Or if there are any other alternatives? It seems like it should be refillable with something or other (liquid soap?) but I’m not sure how I’d go about doing it - any ideas?







Cadan ap Tomos
November 21st, 2006 at 6:46 pm
Couldn’t you just squirt the liquid soap down the opening bit? Might be a bit messy though, i don’t know because i use the squeezy ones… Hey there’s a sugestion! How do you recycle the squeezy ones?
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jamie
November 26th, 2006 at 11:23 pm
i dont know. thats what im trying to figure out for this project.
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laila
November 26th, 2006 at 11:23 pm
i neeeeeddddddddddd help!!!!!!!!!!!! i have to know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! someone!!!!!!!!!!
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Amanda Kerik
December 30th, 2006 at 6:57 pm
Is the container pressurized?
You could drill a hole in the bottom, coat the inside with paint and use it to hide stuff.
You could cut the tube into pieces and use them as cookie cutters or molds.
Hard to say… I haven’t seen these in years.
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Katz
August 15th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
They are plastic, so they could be recycled. Put them into your recycling bin
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AliceJ
August 17th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Most councils won’t recycle mixed plastics, which I suspect these are. They also only recycle certain types of plastics, which are usually not the kinds used for this sort of packaging.
I really think the answer with this one is probably not to buy them any more.
Maybe the best thing to do with the one you have is to return it to the company (their address should be printed on the label) and ask them to take some responsibility - where can you recycle it, what effort have they ever made to deal with the waste created by their packaging, etc. That’ll get rid of it and might prompt them to think a bit.
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