Source Toothbrush Now Available in Flax and Recycled Currency
January 12, 2009 · Print This Article
I’m in love with my Source toothbrush. It’s ergonomic, it’s made of 93% recycled materials and it’s got a replaceable head. We’ve professed our affection for this toothbrush before on EarthFirst (read our review, “The Awesomely Rad Source Toothbrush is Made of Unicorns and Rainbow Sprinkles”) and now it’s gotten even better with two new material options: flax and recycled currency.
The replaceable head represents just 7% of the total product, and while the bristles are made of virgin nylon, it’s a huge improvement over throwing a whole toothbrush away every few months (and the Source bristles also last up to three months longer than those of most other toothbrushes). The packaging is made of SmartCycle plastic, derived from 50% recycled plastic bottles. Radius, maker of the Source, is currently working on a new plant-based packaging that will be fully compostable and the backing will be post-consumer recycled cardstock.
Now, if only I could convince Radius to use this concept to create razors. Seriously, why hasn’t anyone done that yet? How hard is it to give us some kind of green recycled handle that we can use with replacement blades? These ones by Preserve are okay but I want something similar to the Source. Get on it, somebody.
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It seems to me the problem of throw-a-way razor handles has already been tackled. Gillette sent me a Mach 3 on my 18th birthday (that was all kinds of creepy) and 8 years later I’m still using the same handle. I just have to buy Gillette’s crazy expensive replacement blades. Now granted the handle they sent me is definitely not recycled, but I haven’t needed to replace it either. Now it someone would come up with recycled blade cartridges that work with my existing handle that might be something.
You could also an old fashioned safety razor. The handle is likely to be ready recyclable aluminium (and easy to make form recycled material), the replaceable parts use a minimal amount of material and all recyclable, and you will get a *better* and *cheaper* shave than any of fancy 3 bladed nonsense that forces you into buying expensive, and chock full of plastic, replacement heads.