I recently came across a company called Preserve with the motto "Nothing Wasted, Everything Gained", They make plastic based products out of recycled items like yogurt cups. http://www.preserveproducts.com/
Their big push is on sustainability and recycling. They make a toothbrush out of recycled plastic for the handle with new nylon bristles. It is sold with a mailer so that you can send it back to them for recycling!!! You can even get a year subscription which will have them send a new toothbrush to you every 3 months with a mailer to send the old one back to them.
I think this is an AWESOME idea. Dentists want you to replace your toothbrush every 3 months. I hadn't thought about it, but that would mean an awful lot of toothbrushes in landfills every year. This is a way to help stop that.
The brushes are reasonably priced, about $3 each, or $13 for a year subscription. They also have razors that you can recycle, and they make kitchen items too.
One kitchen item is a paper cutting board. It is made with paper and tree resins and is durable enough to use for years, even to go in the dishwasher. The company that makes them, PaperStone, also makes counter tops and other things with the recycled office paper and tree resin. I have seen the countertops on some tv shows and it looks amazing.
Just thought that this might be interesting for someone.
Their big push is on sustainability and recycling. They make a toothbrush out of recycled plastic for the handle with new nylon bristles. It is sold with a mailer so that you can send it back to them for recycling!!! You can even get a year subscription which will have them send a new toothbrush to you every 3 months with a mailer to send the old one back to them.
I think this is an AWESOME idea. Dentists want you to replace your toothbrush every 3 months. I hadn't thought about it, but that would mean an awful lot of toothbrushes in landfills every year. This is a way to help stop that.
The brushes are reasonably priced, about $3 each, or $13 for a year subscription. They also have razors that you can recycle, and they make kitchen items too.
One kitchen item is a paper cutting board. It is made with paper and tree resins and is durable enough to use for years, even to go in the dishwasher. The company that makes them, PaperStone, also makes counter tops and other things with the recycled office paper and tree resin. I have seen the countertops on some tv shows and it looks amazing.
Just thought that this might be interesting for someone.