Merici College Green Tip #37: About toothbrushes...
Submitted by mericiadmin on November 23, 2022 - 7:35amYour dentist would ideally like to see you change your toothbrush every three to four months.
That's a lot of plastic waste.
According to the World Wildlife Fund, around 3.5 billion disposable plastic toothbrushes – usually made from polypropylene and nylon which can take up to 500 years to break down in landfill – are purchased each year around the world.
The vast majority will end up as plastic pollution.