A Brush with Destiny

Ask Umbra’s video advice on reusing your toothbrush 0

If you buy a fresh toothbrush every three months, you’re generating a lot of gnarly trash — or, if you’re inventive, a great collection of handy household devices! In today’s video, Umbra gets a handle on creative toothbrush reuse. Because old toothbrushes don’t die — they just bristle at the suggestion.


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There are hundreds of things you can do to reuse a toothbrush. Here’s Umbra’s short list!


Clean your … shoes, bathroom, pet’s teeth, bike parts, fingernails, car tires
Make … children’s puppets, knitting needles, or a shiv (OK, maybe not a shiv)
Hold up your … house plants, placecards


Got other ideas? Leave a comment below.

Yours is to wonder why, hers is to answer (or try). Send your green-living questions to Umbra.

Umbra Fisk is Grist Research Associate II, Hardcover and Periodicals Unit, floors 2B-4B.

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