This post has been published in The Good Rabbit.

I don’t know about you, but my dentist recommends that I change my toothbrush every 3 months. I don’t brush my teeth as hard as I brush my toilet bowl, but still, toothbrushes are meant to be replaced every 3 months! Well, if you use an Oral-B toothbrush, you could rely on the fading blue stripe on the bristles as an indication that it’s time to get a new one, but if you aren’t, just set your alarm to ring every 3 months, LOL.

Image credit: Magdalena.

So what do you do with all those old toothbrush you’re accumulating? WHAT?! You mean, you throw them all away?! Some of the many uses of an old toothbrush:

1. Scrub shower corners, tile and the bottom of your shower sliding door if you have one.
2. Have a keyboard? Use the toothbrush to clean between the keys.
3. Clean out your lemon or garlic press with a toothbrush.
4. Brush your combs clean with an old toothbrush.
5. Clean your finger nails after gardening.
6. Clean and oil tools and car parts.

- Compiled by Gloria Campos @ AboutMyPlanet

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