Plastic Squeeze Tubes: On a Journey to Recyclability

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Packaging Used In Our Everyday Lives Plastic squeeze tubes are an effective packaging type for many items used in our daily lives like lotion, shampoo and conditioner, toothpaste, food, and other household products.

As of 2025, it is estimated that approximately 95% of toothpaste tubes and 85% of all HDPE tubes are designs compatible with recycling. Both HDPE and PP tubes are accepted in industry bale specifications from APR and ReMA, indicating that reclaimers are willing and able to process tubes in the bales they purchase.
What's New? New for Communities! Check out our new education page for downloadable collateral and suggestions on how to educate your community when you are able to accept plastic squeeze tubes in your program. Read the press release that tubes are now accepted in color HDPE bales. Press Release
A Packaging Format's Journey Start Explore the ongoing work to make plastic squeeze tubes recyclable.
Tube manufacturers and brand companies have been working for years to innovate new tubes that are not only functional but also compatible with recycling streams. Collaboration has been critical to provide the data and information needed to make progress toward tube recyclability. This site illustrates the critical elements of recyclability being compatible with recycling streams, ability to be collected and sorted for recycling, and acceptance by local recycling programs and the ongoing journey to make that a reality. Important updates will be documented here, and please always check what your local program accepts.

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