For decades there was no way to recycle empty toothpaste tubes. Every minute about 38,000 of them ended up as trash, dumped in landfills or incinerators around the world.

A company that helps make teeth white is going green.Colgate is launching what it claims is a vegan-certified toothpaste inside an industry-first recyclable tube.Most tubes of toothpaste are made of ...

Toothpaste tubes and other squeezable plastic containers are getting closer to being more sustainable in the U.S. Some 90% of toothpaste tubes on the market are now made in a way that makes them ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A federal judge on Tuesday denied Colgate’s request to dismiss class action false advertising claims from consumers who say the company lies about the recyclability of their ...

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 ...

NEW YORK, April 4 (Reuters) - Colgate-Palmolive Co CL.N plans to launch a modified cheaper version of its recyclable toothpaste tube this year that uses less plastic and is easier to ship, the Optic ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON – On Oct. 6, 1976, Cubana de Aviacion Flight 455, bound from Barbados to Jamaica, was bombed. All 78 people on board the Douglas DC-8 aircraft were killed. It was the deadliest attack of ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Now we're all checking our toothpaste tubes. As if conspiracy theories could get any more wild, now there's one involving the different kinds of toothpaste that we use. The theory, which was discussed ...