I bought a tube of toothpaste

and squeezed it from the top.

I was getting lots of toothpaste out,

till people yelled for me to stop!

“You should squeeze it from the bottom,

then roll the tube up neatly.

That way you won’t waste toothpaste

’cause you’ll use it all completely!”

Teacher’s note: Use this poem to ask students how they avoid wasting toothpaste and other products around the home, and why it’s a good idea to avoid wastage of any kind.

Image courtesy Anti Plastic Pollution