Reducing Waste - Mouthwash

One of the things, I suspect, that puts people off changing to more sustainable options is the belief that it will cost more. And it's fair to say that for many of us that is true, money is tight, and an Instagram worthy zero waste life is a lot to buy into all at once. But it's still worth looking into ways, little changes we can make, to reduce waste and live more a more sustainable life style.

Mouthwash may be a way to both reduce waste and save money.

A bottle of Listerine costs £4.50 for 500ml. But it you are trying to save money you will probably wait for it to be reduced and buy a couple, so let's use the half price offer that Tesco have on at the time of me writing this.

A 500ml bottle of Listerine is £2.25 and contains 25 x 20ml uses. So each use costs £2.25 / 25 = 9p

Georganics UK sell a bottle of 180 mouthwash tablets for £8.90. 1 tablet per use, so the cost per use is £8.90 / 180 = 5p (rounded up to nearest penny).

So you would save 4p every time you use it, and by the end of the bottle you will have saved £7.20. 

I know it costs more up front, and there are far too many who only just have enough to buy what they need now, but if you have the ability to buy it, you will save in the long run.

That said tesco also offer a super cheap option at 9p / 100ml which would be just under 2p per use. The large bottle of tablets from georganics is £15.90 for 720 tablets which works out at just over 2p per use. 

On the reducing waste front, Georganics is packaged more sustainable. The jar is glass and the lid metal, both of which can be widely recycled. Or you can reuse the jar for something else, I will let your creativity come up with some ideas there though.

Wow that was a lot of talking about mouthwash, am I always this dull? 😋