Launched in August 2018, Bite began when founder Lindsey McCormick decided to make her own plastic-free and natural toothpaste tablets. The rising concern about plastic waste and toxic additives has led to a fast-growing market for boutique oral care companies that promise healthy ingredients and sustainable packaging, but do their products hold up under scrutiny? We tested Bite Toothpaste Bits, a plastic-free and refillable line of vegan dental tablets, weighing the pros and cons of their environmentally responsible packaging, ingredients, cost and (most importantly) effective oral care. New recyclable toothpaste tubes are making headlines, but as plastic production continues to increase, fewer plastics than ever are reused and the country’s plastic recycling rate looms at a record low of 5%. After squeezing out every bit of paste from the tube, most toothpaste containers get tossed into the trash where they contribute to the over 27 million tons of annual plastic waste in landfills - waste sites that are the third-largest contributor of human methane emissions in the US. Toothpaste is a daily staple in more than 300 million Americans’ oral hygiene routines, and more people are looking for sustainable oral care products that are made with safe ingredients and reusable or biodegradable materials.Ĭommercial dental care brands have a checkered history of using ingredients that are bad for your oral health like emulsifiers, harsh surfactants, pesticides and even microplastics.
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