Looking to further reduce your plastic waste? Here's where to find plastic-free toothpaste, lip balm, and insect repellent. In support of Free the Ocean's mission to clean up the ocean and reduce ...

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Every single dental care product you use is made from plastic — no, that’s not an exaggeration. Toothbrushes have plastic handles and bristles. Floss thread is essentially a plastic string packed in a ...

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 ...

We don’t always have the answers, but we have some people on speed dial who do — which is why we present our FYI series, where we have experts explain if lip balm is actually bad, how often you should ...

Did you know that most plastic we think we're recycling really ends up in landfills or incinerators? So many of our ...

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