{"id":3145,"date":"2026-07-17T18:20:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=3145"},"modified":"2026-07-17T18:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:20:21","slug":"how-bite-toothpaste-bits-went-plastic-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=3145","title":{"rendered":"How Bite Toothpaste Bits Went Plastic-Free"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tOne of the scariest things about microplastics is how they\u2019re in everything.<\/em> They\u2019re not just in the obvious places, like food containers and packaging; no, these days we find microplastics in food itself, in pads and tampons, in clothes, in our water supply. Microplastics have been linked with harmful effects on human health<\/a> (and the environment<\/a>), so the feeling that we can\u2019t get away from them is a stressful one.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe trick, says Lindsay McCormick, is to make smart, simple, strategic swaps. \u201cThe biggest thing is to eliminate your daily exposures<\/a> where you can,\u201d she tells SheKnows.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tBite founder and CEO Lindsay McCormick.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tMcCormick knows what she\u2019s talking about, because she\u2019s one of the people making those swaps possible. McCormick is the founder and CEO of Bite<\/a>, the plastic-free body care line she started in 2017 from her living room after getting frustrated with going through so many travel-sized toothpaste tubes. \u201cThis is so wasteful,\u201d she remembered thinking. After a few unsuccessful experiments with tooth powders, she started formulating her own toothpaste \u201cbits\u201d \u2014 tablets that you bite down on and chew to produce a foam you can brush with.<\/p>\n

\n\tThese days, Bite not only sells these popular toothpaste tabs<\/a> \u2014 which come in fluoride and fluoride-free varieties, and flavors like mint and berry \u2014 but also whitening gel, bamboo toothbrushes, and floss, with all products and packaging 100 percent plastic-free. More recently, Bite has expanded into aluminum-free deodorants in metal (not plastic, and definitely not cardboard) cases. <\/p>\n

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\n\tBite\u2019s deodorant line was inspired by McCormick\u2019s personal experience using cardboard deodorants, which would get soggy after a few weeks\u2019 use. Bite\u2019s version houses the deodorant insert in a cardboard tube, but in turn sets that in a metal case. You can refill the deodorant portion when it runs dry. \u201cI wanted products that were, functional and sustainable and effective, but also beautiful,\u201d McCormick explains.<\/p>\n

\n\tMcCormick founded Bite (which stands for Because It\u2019s the Earth) to help the environment, after watching piles of plastic wash up on the beach during her time as a surf instructor. It was only later, as more research on microplastics was released, that she realized her products could help human health too. \u201cWhat happens in the ocean eventually happens in our blood,\u201d she says. Everything is connected. The world feels big, but it\u2019s actually \u201ca very contained ecosystem,\u201d she says. \u201cEverything we do has ripple effects.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SheKnows may receive an affiliate commission. One of the scariest things about microplastics is how they\u2019re in everything. They\u2019re not just in the obvious places, like food containers and packaging; no, these days we find microplastics in food itself, in pads and tampons, in clothes, in our water supply. Microplastics have been linked with harmful effects on human health (and the environment), so the feeling that we can\u2019t get away from them is a stressful one. The trick, says Lindsay McCormick, is to make smart, simple, strategic swaps. \u201cThe biggest thing is to eliminate your daily exposures where you can,\u201d she tells SheKnows. Related story Home Depot’s Halloween Collection Is Here & It Includes the Creepiest Animatronics We’ve Ever Seen Bite founder and CEO Lindsay McCormick. Courtesy of Bite. McCormick knows what she\u2019s talking about, because she\u2019s one of the people making those swaps possible. McCormick is the founder and CEO of Bite, the plastic-free body care line she started in 2017 from her living room after getting frustrated with going through so many travel-sized toothpaste tubes. \u201cThis is so wasteful,\u201d she remembered thinking. After a few unsuccessful experiments with tooth powders, she started formulating her own toothpaste \u201cbits\u201d \u2014 tablets that you bite down on and chew to produce a foam you can brush with. These days, Bite not only sells these popular toothpaste tabs \u2014 which come in fluoride and fluoride-free varieties, and flavors like mint and berry \u2014 but also whitening gel, bamboo toothbrushes, and floss, with all products and packaging 100 percent plastic-free. More recently, Bite has expanded into aluminum-free deodorants in metal (not plastic, and definitely not cardboard) cases. Bite\u2019s deodorant line was inspired by McCormick\u2019s personal experience using cardboard deodorants, which would get soggy after a few weeks\u2019 use. Bite\u2019s version houses the deodorant insert in a cardboard tube, but in turn sets that in a metal case. You can refill the deodorant portion when it runs dry. \u201cI wanted products that were, functional and sustainable and effective, but also beautiful,\u201d McCormick explains. McCormick founded Bite (which stands for Because It\u2019s the Earth) to help the environment, after watching piles of plastic wash up on the beach during her time as a surf instructor. It was only later, as more research on microplastics was released, that she realized her products could help human health too. \u201cWhat happens in the ocean eventually happens in our blood,\u201d she says. Everything is connected. The world feels big, but it\u2019s actually \u201ca very contained ecosystem,\u201d she says. \u201cEverything we do has ripple effects.\u201d Source link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-female-health-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}