What is the term zero-waste toothpaste mean in short?
The term zero-waste toothpaste or, eco-friendly toothpaste or, sustainable toothpaste means it leaves no pollution to the environment. It is biodegradable in nature.
How is it different from the traditional one?
Unlike the plastic tube form of toothpaste. This toothpaste come in the form of tablets in glass jar which can be recycled.
Why are we thinking about this kind of toothpastes?
See, our bathroom is the major source of plastic pollution which we don’t notice. Shampoo bottles, Soap cases, Toothpaste and brushes everything you see are plastic made. These contributes water pollution, way to water bodies and further to fishes we eat.
Traditional toothpaste tubes (made of plastic) not only polluting the environment but also our human body. We engulf these plastics (as microplastics) through the paste. Just simply by replacing the tube, we can avoid these microplastics.
Why should you fear?
Every year, we throw 300 million plastic made toothpaste tubes globally as waste.[1] These waste end up in the landfill or water bodies. Now Imagine! Toothpaste tube alone contributing this large amount of pollution.
This is why you should switch to zero-waste toothpaste. The faster you do, the better for you and our planet.
