No, to plastic toothbrushes and Yes, to save environment

Brushing our teeth is a very first and necessary process that starts our day. It helps us to have a good oral hygiene, which is pretty important so we can savor any food we love.

Around late 1930s, 1st modern day nylon brush was born and hence, started the journey of our toothbrushes. Eventually, plastic brushes were made and are surviving till date.

Doctors recommend us to change our tooth brushes every 3-4 months and hence, 1 individual uses around 4 toothbrushes per year. Does anyone know, how much time does it take for a toothbrush to completely decompose? Well, the answer is around 500-1000 years. That becomes, more than 2000 years for 4 brushes per individual per year, to completely decompose.

Doesn’t it scare you?

If it doesn’t, please be a bit sensible towards mother Earth, or atleast our future generations.

If it does, what can be done? Don’t worry, there is a whole bunch of options available in current times to switch and now, is a perfect time.

Indians traditionally used Neem or Babool tree twigs, which is a great option to be considered if you have access to it. Other option is, to use bamboo made toothbrushes. Being a natural source, it just takes around 3 months to upto a year to completely decompose. Isn’t it great as compared to a few hundred or thousand years?

But why bamboo??

Bamboo belongs to grass family and grows faster. There are around 148 different species of bamboos and some species can grow upto 3 feet per day. Bamboo has potential to bring back fertility of soil and hence it is said to be farmer friendly. Bamboo also helps to reduce soil erosion. It is strong and used for construction and many other reasons, all over the world.

There are N such advantages of bamboo.

Conclusion

We need to build a cozy place for us as well as our future generations to live in. Let’s start the change by changing one of the 1st things you use to begin your day. Its time, to change our brushes from plastic to bamboo made.