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Brushing teeth is the best inquiry you could come up with for waste generation?

How many tubes of toothpaste do you use per year? Sounds like you're using far, far more than necessary.

Though you can also just brush your teeth with baking soda and go tubeless if you wanted to.

Wow you've read a lot into that comment (and hyper-literally). My point was that the "little" things we overlook add up to a lot of trash. My question is not "how about his toothpaste?" but rather "how does he live his life?"

Thinking back over the last week, I've bought grass seed, a dehumidifier, paper, toiletries, and some toys for my kids. All of those are easily overlooked but add up to me not being able to go a year without emptying my trash, even if all my food waste and packaging were removed.

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