Recycleable Toothpaste Tubes?

[wombat2u2004]

An idle query.

With so many products being packaged in biodegradable or recyclable materials, it occurred to me recently that toothpaste isn't one of them.

Just found it kind of weird/interesting. Has anyone seen new 'green' packages for this stuff? I think the containers would take up a lot of landfill, as it's used so much.

I think they would be difficult to recycle because of the toothpaste residue left in the tubes. Unlike bottles and jars etc etc that can be cleaned easily.

[Catty1]

I did some reading up - I guess they all can be recycled. Some people cut them open to rinse them out.

Any plastics etc that need to be clean I just do with my dishes. Mind you, I do my dishes by hand.