With this in mind, considering Colgate toothbrushes are made of plastic and are not biodegradable, these items are meant to be recycled in recycling bins rather than landfill bin. Furthermore, alternative options can be to recycle to your nearest "Colgate Local Recycle Solutions" drop off location as well as repurposing old toothbrushes for cleaning uses. https://www.colgate.com/en-us/oral-health/brushing-and-flossing/how-to-recycle-your-toothbrush

Most of the day to day use items are plastic, due to plastic being low cost the increase of produce has increased over the past years. In the article “Millennials Deals with Plastic” By Nihayatu Solekah, Tanti Handriana. Indrianawati Usman states how thirty seven percent of plastic items are household items in Indonesia. Our everyday toothbrush being one of them, most toothbrushes are made of plastic which then turn into garbage. The amount of plastic waste affects our ecosystem such as our marine pollution , air pollution, ocean dumping, and soil pollution, it can simply take over 1,000 years for a piece of plastic to completely dissolve. According to the article it states how millennials care for the environment and how it will be beneficial to use less plastic for a “longer life span”. The article also states “educated young consumers can be the driving force that can bring about the desired changes in reducing plastic waste” . It is important for young and future generations to use less plastic for the environment.  Using less plastic as a community can benefit our health with air pollution and wildlife, although as a community it is important to spread awareness of the environmental issues of our daily plastic waste. With most toothbrushes not being recyclable because of some of the materials and being rather a smaller piece of plastic, means about roughly 3.6  billion toothbrushes end up in landfills a year. The article explains how using less plastic waste and replacing it with something healthier for the environment is important for the community to live a longer life while teaching future generations the importance of the environment. 

One main idea from the article is "...not only what we buy that matters but how much of it." (Stuart, Gunderson, Brian 1). This idea relates to the possible solutions that people have been told for years on how they can help cut back on greenhouse gas emissions. Such as buying a hybrid car or a house with efficient air conditioning. In reality, this causes people to consume more of these products causing mass productions for these products. This means that as more production takes place, the more greenhouse gases are released into our air and atmosphere. Also, it would cause more air pollution. We can connect this to our product which is a toothbrush from Colgate. Many people can easily over consume toothbrushes by having ads or influencers on social media advertising you new and improved toothbrushes than the original ones. This can cause mass productions because people only think about what they want and need more of.

All in all, if countries started to actually change their mass productions and cut back, this would still not be enough. This is because not only does overconsumption and production cause climate change, but there's a whole system or structure connected to overconsumption and production. Such as large producers or businesses who are against cutting back on production of their products that benefit them as they profit from them. In conclusion, consumption can still be a good thing for certain countries such as underdeveloped countries. The only problem that is actually causing climate change is overdeveloped countries having mass productions and overconsumption that isn't really necessary for that country. For example, wealthy countries like the U.S.