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Tips For Recyling Old Toothbrushes:

With the average person purchasing a new toothbrush four times a year that is roughly around 50 million pounds of toothbrushes that are currently being discarded each year. Where are they going? Most are heading straight into your local landfill.......now that is scary! That is a gosh awful amount of unnecessary garbage.

Don`t throw out that old toothbrush! Gosh but it is worth it`s weight in diamonds and gold. Just because it is getting too threadbare to brush your teeth with don`t think that its life cycle has come to an end. Your toothbrush still has a hundred other jobs left to do before it is through! Just because your toothbrush is too old to continue using for your oral health care doesn't mean that it isn't able to perform other valuable functions throughout your home.

Old toothbrushes are the perfect size to become the ultimate little cleaning brush. They can fit into cracks and crevises that other cleaning tools just are not able to.

For dusting or cleaning deep within tiny grooved objects or ornaments the toothbrush is the perfect little work mate. Your jewelery or kitchen cheese grater are items that shine up nicely when cleaned with a toothbrush.

Out in the garage you can use your old toothbrush to clean your bike or chainsaw chain. It is perfect for getting into those little niches and grooves.

Use your toothbrush to clean your disposable razor with. This will help to increase it's life span.

For cleaning along shelf edges or around drains in the sink or shower they make the ideal mini scrubber. Use it where ever you have small grooves or corners that are not easily assesable with other brushes.

Toothbrushes are also an amazing little helper when it comes to removing tough stains from clothing. Just put a little soap or stain remover on the stain and use your handy dandy little toothbrush to scrub the offending spot. It really does beat grandma's old scrub board for the ease it affords in the removal of stains from your laundry items.

Remember to recycle it whenever you can. There are more and more cities that are including the recycling of toothbrushes to their ever increasing lists of items that can be recycled. If your city has a program for recycling old toothbrushes then simply drop off your old ones there.

If your city doesn't have a recycling program for toothbrushes in place quite yet........no worries! One of the latest crazes to hit the street are toothbrush bracelets. So if you are a creative individual then you may decide to either turn your old toothbrush into a piece of jewelery or a work of abstract art. The choice is up to you.

Simply remove the bristles from your old toothbrush then soak it in hot water till it becomes pliable enough to bend. Shape it however you so may choose to do! Be creative. Add studs or old rhinestones from other discarded jewelry to see what you can create in the form of a bracelet or necklace. Or use a number of old toothbrushes to creat a work of art!

You never know .... you may hold the beginnings of a great new fad in your hand ....... it is only your imagination that needs to be added.

Sources For This Article:

http://environment.about.com/b /2005/12/20/can-you-recycle-yo ur-toothbrush.htm

http://www.greendaily.com/2008 /01/27/h/2#comments

http://www.wikihow.com/Reuse-O ld-Toothbrushes

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