Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle … upright toothpaste tubes?

By: cheri fisher

cheri fisher — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:53:46 +0000

DjH you are so spot on about our throw away culture! I had never seen one of those stand up tubes before, but I refuse to buy stuff like that.
As for the plastic ones that you squeeze, I have some good news for you
Try this: First, Clean them out really good. Then, ask a doc or a vet to give you a syringe(without the needle!), and use this to start refilling
your tubes with goodies for healthy snacks at work. I’ve got peanut butter in one, honey in another, hersheys chocolate syrup(it’s non-fat and good on apple slices), and a good stash of ritz crackers & other stuff along these lines. You can also make home-made toothpaste!

By: djharvey

djharvey — Sun, 17 May 2009 10:11:03 +0000

I am sick to death of this throw away culture in which we live,in particular tooth paste dispensers,£1+/tube £2+/pump action container,expensive peice of plastic just to dispense it.
they have a one way metal retainer so it cannot be retracted but it can be overcome and as a design engineer i am working on a cheap plastic tool to allow retraction and refilling from ordinary tube.,it will be done
Watch this space
DjH

By: AliceJ

AliceJ — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:13:07 +0000

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.

By: Katz

Katz — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:14:18 +0000

They are plastic, so they could be recycled. Put them into your recycling bin

By: Amanda Kerik

Amanda Kerik — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:57:11 +0000

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.

By: laila

laila — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 23:23:53 +0000

i neeeeeddddddddddd help!!!!!!!!!!!! i have to know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! someone!!!!!!!!!!

By: jamie

jamie — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 23:23:01 +0000

i dont know. thats what im trying to figure out for this project.

By: Cadan ap Tomos

Cadan ap Tomos — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:46:24 +0000

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?