At that time toothpaste tubes were made of metal.

那时，牙膏管是用金属做的。

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For the next several weeks, Mike and I ran around our neighborhood, knocking on doors and asking our neighbors if they would save their toothpaste tubes for us.

在接下来的几星期里，迈克和我跑遍了邻近各家，敲开他们的门问他们是否愿意把用过的牙膏皮攒下来给我们。

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Used detergent labels and toothpaste tubes from Indonesia are going from landfills to fashion frills on bags and wallets sold in Singapore, Australia and the United States.

在印度尼西亚，旧洗涤剂标签和旧牙膏管将由垃圾摇身一变成包具皮夹上的时尚饰品，销往新加坡、澳大利亚和美国。

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"You've got a compact and a lipstick and at least two tubes of toothpaste in your pockets,Alfred."

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Three-quarters claim to brush their teeth twice a day, squeezing out an average of four toothpaste tubes a year, against three in Britain.

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With that sort of incentive, toothpaste tubes need not come in redundant cardboard boxes and television sets can leave the store with no boxes at all.

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Over the course of two years it funds three dozen PC disk-drive companies, all as alike as tubes of toothpaste.

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