Colgate redesigned its toothpaste tubes so they can go into curbside recycling bins. It could eventually keep a billion tubes out of landfills each year. Every year, Americans toss a billion tubes of ...

Barrier tube packaging is growing in use across cosmetics, food, and pharmaceuticals for its product protection, longer shelf ...

When you’re brushing your teeth and you’ve squeezed out the last bit of toothpaste, you probably toss the empty tube in the trash. Few people realize that most toothpaste tubes are now recyclable—at ...

Do you know who invented the first plastic toothpaste tube? According to this story in the Lowell Sun, it was Westford, Mass., plastics expert Roger Brandt, who died on Dec. 8 at age 88. Brandt worked ...

Reforestation projects in the UK should consider planting new trees without the common plastic guards designed to protect saplings, a new study suggests. The polypropylene tubes help young trees ...

According to researchers from Towards Packaging, the global tube packaging market, estimated at USD 12.02 billion in 2025, is ...

14:46, Mon, Feb 8, 2021 Updated: 11:55, Tue, Feb 16, 2021 Recycling - although necessary for the environment - can be a bit of a pain sometimes, with local councils usually giving varied and detailed ...

According to Towards Packaging consultants, the global pharmaceutical tube packaging market is expected to experience steady growth throughout the forecast period, expanding significantly by 2034 from ...

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What Is a Feeding Tube? A feeding tube is a flexible plastic tube placed into your stomach or bowel to help you get nutrition when you’re unable to eat as well as you need to. Tube feeding, also known ...

They say that a poor workman blames his tools but according to a new study, laboratory scientists may well have cause to. Reid Macdonald from the University of Alberta has found that some botched ...