PLASTIC FREE JULY: DAY 7
Day Seven:
What is your toothbrush made of?
Most likely plastic.
Did you know you can get bamboo toothbrushes from most health food shops or online?
WHY IS BAMBOO BETTER?
Well, there'll be no need for bamboozling as it's a no-brainer! ;-p
In Australia, over 30 million toothbrushes are used and disposed of by Australians each year, amounting to approximately 1000 tonnes of landfill each year. The plastic they’re made of won’t break down in our lifetime. Nor within the lifetime of our children.
Bamboo on the other hand is an extremely fast growing plant, it is naturally pest resistant, which means it doesn’t need fertilisers to boost its growth. When it has been harvested, it grows back within a year and often grows 120cm a day! It needs no chemicals and very little water to grow.
The Bamboo toothbrush was invented by a Brisbane dentist. The handles are biodegradable, environmentally sustainable, and do not pollute the environment. The amazing growth and self-renewing ability of bamboo means that deforestation is not necessary either. Even the packaging is bio-degradable.
Bamboo toothbrushes are BPA FREE and FAIR TRADED as well as VEGAN FREINDLY.
