Day 5: 3.5 billion tooth brushes are sold world wide every year and lets say each toothbrush represents 2 plastic box of dental floss. 7 billion plastic dental floss boxes go along with those 3.5 billion toothbrushes. That is a whole lot of plastic trash that isn’t recyclable, burnable or compostable. These things sometimes end up in the water ways and oceans adding to the giant plastic geyers in the Pacific Ocean.
Solution: Change to a compostable bamboo toothbrush and dental floss that comes in paper or glass. When the toothbrush is worn out you pull out the bristles (those go in the trash) and the handle goes into the compost. That dental floss box into the recycle. Done!
This is a really easy replacement, we all use a toothbrush and floss.
Here are some resources for purchasing:
