Bathroom & personal care
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Oral care
Bristles are scrubbed against teeth and gums twice a day.
Taken into the mouth daily; tubes are rarely recyclable.
Chewed in the mouth, and ship without a tube.
Drawn between teeth and along the gumline every day.
Held in the mouth, and packaged almost entirely in plastic.
Drawn across the tongue directly, daily.
Hair
Applied to scalp and hair, then rinsed, on most days.
Same use as bottled shampoo, without the bottle.
Left on hair before rinsing, in a bottle used once.
Same use as bottled conditioner, without the bottle.
Left in contact with scalp and hair for extended periods.
Drawn through hair and against the scalp daily.
Dragged through hair and against the scalp daily.
Worn against hair and skin all day, stretched until they fail.
Body
Applied over the whole body, then rinsed down the drain.
Same use as bar soap, in a bottle used once.
Used many times a day; liquid soap usually comes in pump bottles.
Applied directly to skin daily, stored against its container.
Applied to skin over the whole body, then rinsed down the drain.
Spread across large areas of skin and left on.
Applied to hands that then touch food and face.
Left on skin and readily absorbs what it is stored in.
Abrasive particles are rubbed into skin, then rinsed to drain.
Shaving
Drawn across wet skin; the handle lasts, the blade does not.
Drawn across wet skin, resharpened rather than replaced.
Contacts skin directly and is replaced constantly.
Bristles worked against skin at every shave.
Applied to skin immediately before a blade crosses it.
Drawn across wet skin; disposable heads are replaced constantly.
Applied to freshly abraded skin.
Skincare
Applied to facial skin and rinsed off daily.
Left on facial skin all day and overnight.
Applied thickly to skin and left on in heat and water.
Left on skin undiluted, stored in droppers and pumps.
Wiped across facial skin, often with a disposable pad.
Applied to the lips and inevitably ingested.
Held against facial skin for extended periods.
Feminine care
In prolonged internal contact, reused for years.
Worn against skin for hours and laundered.
Worn against skin all day, repeatedly washed.
In direct internal contact for hours at a time.
Same contact without the disposable applicator.
In direct and prolonged contact with mucous membranes.
Bathroom accessories
Bristles abrade and shed at every use.
Sits wet continuously and holds what you wash with.
Refilled repeatedly instead of buying a new bottle.
In a hot wet enclosed space you breathe in daily.
Rubbed across wet skin over the whole body and shed fibres.
Bare feet stand on it wet, and it sheds as it dries.
Used on skin and around the face, then discarded after one use.
Large heated wet surface in an enclosed room you breathe in.