Second life and recycling for our toothbrush heads
Although our products are made to last over time, the heads of our toothbrushes only have a life of 3 months on average! So we thought we'd give them a second life - take a look!
As part of our drive to go even further in our zero waste approach, we've set up a brand new ecological project!
From now on, you'll find an Ecobox in our points of sale, specially dedicated to recycling your toothbrush heads. And yes, even these small objects that are difficult to recycle can have a second life thanks to this new service!
Why is this important? Because refills, which are made of different materials and are small in size, are very difficult to recycle, if not impossible in a standard recycling system. Toothbrush heads are often thrown away with household rubbish, adding to the non-recyclable waste stream. By collecting them, we can give them a second life and reduce their environmental impact. These refills can be transformed into new objects, limiting the production of virgin plastic.
So don't hesitate any longer: collect your used toothbrush heads and drop them off at one of our participating collection points.You'll find the list of participating outlets here (new collection points are being added all the time, so check back regularly).
Thank you for joining us in this great ecological adventure! Together, we can make a real difference to the planet.
A closer look at how to recycle our toothbrush heads!
1 - Unclip your toothbrush heads: once you've been using them for about 3 months (this is the average length of time recommended by dentists), unclip your toothbrush head and replace it with a new one. Put away any used refills.
2 - Go to a partner shop: take all your refills with you to a Lamazuna toothbrush head collection point. Find all our collection points here (the list changes every day, so check it regularly).
3 - Place your toothbrush refills in the Ecobox provided! Please note that if the Ecoboxes are incorrectly filled, they will not be recycled. So we're counting on you to drop off only :
- Your LAMAZUNA toothbrush refills only
- No envelopes, bags, boxes, tape or other packaging.
4 - When the Ecobox in shop is full, it is sent directly to the recycling centre.
5 - Once the Ecobox has been received, the centre crushes and recycles all the toothbrush head refills. With the recovered material, they reproduce articles.
>> We've already collected more than 30,000 toothbrush heads, which we've sent to the company in charge of recycling. We're currently thinking about how best to reuse this material. We hope to be able to create new items that will be useful to you on a daily basis and that will have real meaning.
What about the rest of the packaging?
As a reminder, you can buy our products in bulk or packaged in a recyclable cardboard box.
This should then be disposed of in the ‘yellow bin’ for recycling cardboard and paper!
Recycling this cardboard packaging means that this material can be used as a raw material in the manufacture of new cardboard, giving it a second life and preventing it from ending up in landfill or being incinerated.
Understanding the symbols on our packaging
You'll see different symbols on our packaging, but you probably don't know what they all mean! So we thought we'd give you a few quick explanations:
Don't be confused by the "Green Dot" symbol. It doesn't mean that the packaging is recyclable! It actually means that the company pays an obligatory tax to a national packaging recovery organisation – in our case Citeo, which is in charge of sorting and recycling waste in France. More precisely, it indicates that the company selling this product has made a financial contribution to the collecting, sorting and recycling of packaging, and therefore meets the obligations set out in the French Environmental Code.
This symbol (specific to France) indicates that the packaging is recyclable and should be put in your cardboard and paper recycling bin.
The Triman logo has been used in France since 1st January 2015 to show that a product is recyclable. It must be displayed on packaging by any company putting recyclable products on the French market that are subject to extended producer responsibility and can be collected separately.
You'll find lots of information about the Triman logo on the internet, and you'll see this logo on lots of products in France!
