Most people change their toothbrush every 3 to 6 months. I follow a different schedule. Something hilarious usually happens to mine before I'm forced to replace it. This time, it was the early morning clatter of my roommate, her profanities and running tap water that made me fear the worst. Although she assured me that she "disinfected it" I figured it was time to take a trip to my local toothbrushier for their 2011 models. And they had all kinds! Bendy ones. Ones with wavy bristles. Bristles that faded if you had it too long. And long ones with rubber criss-cross bristles for if you REALLY cared about your teeth! I was all set to pick that one when my roommate showed me what looked like the plainest toothbrush in stock. It was a "green" toothbrush made entirely from recycled yogurt cups. My immediate reaction was "Eww" at the thought of cleaning my mouth with
trash. But then I read that after 3 months, you can mail it back in its packaging to be recycled. I suddenly felt a pang of guilt that my old brushes were probably weeping in a landfill somewhere. So being the uninformed bleeding heart I am, I bought it even though I was totally grossed out. So that's that. You may've thought you did your part with those pink lids, but there's a new cancer in town, ladies and mentalmen. People. And it's ravaging the teat of our dear Mother Earth. So show you care. Buy a used toothbrush today.
(*brought to you by
smelted garbage.)
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ReplyDeletethats some impressive hardware, my boy. but no one'll be able to see your pearly whites when we're up to our eyeballs in unrecycled waste.
ReplyDeleteHooray for your new toothbrush! I'm good with a recycled toothbrush. I mean, it's made from recycled materials. But if it's recycled because it was already used by someone else, that's something else, dear. Heh! How's brushing with your recycled toothbrush, btw?
ReplyDeleteYeah, i tell myself that most of the gross yogurt germs most likely died in the smelting process. if you can even smelt yogurt cups. probably not. but yeah, i've loving my recycled brush! I'm on my 4th or 5th one!
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