Toothpaste…we all travel with it. Do you buy the little tubes to put in your carry on? If so, how long do they last and what do you do with the leftover tube?
If you are like me, you throw them away. I mean…what else are you going to do with the worn-out tubes? Right?
Did you know that over 1 Billion tubes are thrown out every year? That’s a lot of toothpaste tubes. But, we need the toothpaste.
How can we rethink our travel toothpaste? That’s what one entrepreneur asked herself. Since she’s also concerned about unnecessary waste in our landfills…she had two reasons to develop a solution.
So, she did something about it.
And, recently I discovered what her solution is. It’s a different kind of toothpaste, delivered in a different kind of container. The company is called Bite and the toothpaste is called Bits.
I ordered it…I tried it…I’m a believer and it will be the only toothpaste I travel with from now on.
When I interviewed Lindsay McCormick, the CEO and founder of the company, I learned how she decided to do something about saving our planet from the waste of the discarded tubes of toothpaste. Not only did she want to do something about the tubes, but she was also concerned about the ingredients in the toothpaste. She talked to dentists, she got feedback from travelers, she experimented with tastes, and she wanted high quality ingredients and materials.
Keeping with the sustainable mindset, the Bits come in a glass bottle. They are shipped in recycled boxes and everything is compostable. When you reorder, your Bits come in recycled envelopes and you add them to the original bottle. They’re made in the US, with the lab in southern California.
Her company is working to get ADA accreditation for a fluoride line sometime in 2019.
Like I said…this will be the toothpaste I travel going forward. You’ll have to try it for yourself.
To learn more about Bite, go to https://bitetoothpastebits.com/.
The company did not pay me to try them, nor give me any products.