New Zealanders can save used oral care items from landfill and join a nationwide competition to help raise funds for a local school, club or community group.

Toothbrushes can have more than one purpose than just cleaning your teeth. Old toothbrushes are being turned into park benches, watering cans and rubbish bins in a new initiative to save them from ending up in the landfill.

Toothbrushes can have more than one purpose than just cleaning your teeth. Old toothbrushes are being turned into park benches, watering cans and rubbish bins in an initiative to save them from ending up in landfill.

The Colgate Community Recycle Drive is launching in New Zealand for the second year in a row to encourage recycling all oral care items, including toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, dental floss containers and any nonrecyclable packaging.

After the success of the first Colgate Community Recycle Drive that diverted over 45,000 pieces of used oral care products from landfill, Colgate is inviting all schools and community groups to take part in the 2016 edition of the competition.

In the Colgate recycle drive, consumers are encouraged to save their used toothbrushes, floss containers and other oral care items before sending them to community-based collection points for recycling by US company TerraCycle.

After the success of the first Colgate Community Recycle Drive that diverted over 45,000 pieces of used oral care products from landfill, Colgate is inviting all schools and community groups to take part in the 2016 edition of the competition.

New Zealanders can save used oral care items from landfill and join a nationwide competition to help raise funds for a local school, club or community group.

New Zealanders can save used oral care items from landfill and join a nationwide competition to help raise funds for a local school, club or community group.

You've heard of the tooth fairy. How about the toothbrush fairy? One company is hoping to be just that with the return of a nationwide oral care product recycling drive. TerraCycle, which specialises in recycling the hard-to-recycle, is calling on schools, clubs and community groups to keep old toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes and floss containers out of landfills by donating them for reuse.