When Colgate was developing its new low-waste Keep toothbrush, which has a reusable aluminum handle and replaceable heads (a starter pack costs $9.99; additional heads are $4.99 for two), the company ...

Dental hygiene student Suzanne Yorke stands with a 10 pound bag of dental waste ready to be recycled into benches and picnic tables. Students at UC's Blue Ash campus have an odd request: They want ...

Firefly Toothbrush, a La Palma, California-based provider of children’s oral care solutions, has partnered with TerraCycle to divert its waste from landfills. The Firefly Free Recycling Program ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sustainable living can be achieved in a myriad of ways. While we often try to add eco-friendly practices to our lives through our ...

Whether you’re looking for a toothbrush that you can fully toss in the compost or one that’s made with basic sustainability in mind, the best eco-friendly toothbrushes are effective for oral care and ...

Even the remotest islands have no lack of used toothbrushes. Researchers studying Cocos Keeling Islands — 6 square miles of uninhabited land 1,300 miles off Australia’s northwest coast — found 373,000 ...

I think it’s high time that we admit, as a society, that we have some things figured out – like toothbrushing and face washing. But apparently, some companies don’t think so. Despite the plethora of ...

During my lifetime, I’ve used and thrown away about 200 toothbrushes (around four per year, like my dentist has always advised). Each one, made entirely of plastic, is still sitting in a landfill ...

Church & Dwight Inc. is suing Colgate-Palmolive Co. for patent infringement on packaging that allows customers to turn on battery-powered toothbrushes before purchasing. Church & Dwight, in a lawsuit ...

Court of Australia has ruled that the defendant's use of a MAXCLEAN sign on toothbrushes, toothbrush packaging and related advertising materials did not infringe the plaintiff's registered MACLEANS ...