Not only that, they advertised recycling to push public opinion that it was okay to switch to plastic, because plastic is recyclable. But they didn't tell us, it's never going to be economicaly viable to recycle plastic toothpaste tubes.

[–] rigatti 9 points 10 months ago

It's not economically viable and you can only make lesser quality plastic out of it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

Nivea Cream used to come in aluminum cans, then they changed to plastic. Recently they announced that they would come back to aluminum. We can still buy in plastic, though. I think it depends on the market.

[–] yacht_boy 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but those metal tubes were awful. I have been brushing my teeth with Tom's of Maine for decades, and I remember how much I hated those metal tubes. They always split open weeks before the tube was empty and then they'd leak and make a mess and I inevitably wasted a lot of product. When Tom finally sold to whatever corp and they switched over to the plastic tubes that don't leak and let me use all the toothpaste I paid for, I danced a little jig.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Your comment made me have a flashback to my dad getting irritated at me for squeezing the middle of the toothpaste tube.

You're only supposed to squeeze the far end of a metal tube -- pushing product from the very end to the opening. Then as it gets empty you fold/roll up the flat bit at the end. You can even even buy "wringers" designed to assist with that.