According to government figures in the UK, over 50% [...]]]> After 6 – 8 weeks a toothbrush weakens and it starts to perform less well. Dentists recommend replacing your toothbrush every 8 weeks. Each person should therefore use about 6 toothbrushes per year, which equates to around 368 million toothbrushes in 2008 in the UK alone.  

According to government figures in the UK, over 50% of all ‘waste’ still goes into landfill. In England alone the volume is 62 million tonnes. Large parts of it will come from business and industrial processes and production, but our consumer goods also have a big impact. Your toothbrushes will certainly be part of it.

Many toothbrushes can be recycled, but this also requires huge amounts of resources in collecting, transporting, sorting, melting, moulding and so on. It is also highly likely that the material will be treated as ‘waste’ and down-cycled rather than a resource for a higher quality product.  

The actual brush is the part of the product which wears out most quickly, whilst it is the handle that comprises the bulk  of the material of the product and this hardly gets damaged over time.

Aronal produces a toothbrush called öko-dent, which offers a very simple design feature: The actual brush can be replaced whilst the handle can be used for a much longer time, potentially many years. The new toothbrush is sold with two replacement brushes and the replacement brushes are also offered as a stand-alone product. The brushes as well as the handle can be recycled.

The designers at Aronal put the principles of re-use and reduce at the heart of their development process.. The product can be completely recycled and landfill cut out of the process. If the handle last you 2 years and you replace your current toothbrush every second month, you will save the energy and resources needed to produce, recycle or simply bury 11 toothbrushes!

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