Which is the best tooth brush?

Which Toothbrush is best?

1. Plastic manual: plastic handle with fixed head.
           or
2. Bamboo manual: bamboo handle with fixed head.
            or
3. Plastic manual replaceable head: reusable plastic handle (made from a bio-plastic) with replaceable heads.
            or
4. Electric: handle and charging unit, with replaceable heads.

There are billions of toothbrushes used and discarded every year. Research shows that electric toothbrushes are actually harmful for the planet and to the people involved in the manufacturing process and distribution.

The electric toothbrush, the standard plastic brush, the plastic brush with replaceable head, and the bamboo brush were used. The team found that the electric toothbrush was comparatively harmful for planetary health.

Even though bamboo is biodegradable the most environmentally sustainable toothbrush was not bamboo, as could perhaps be popularly believed, but a hypothetical continually recycled plastic toothbrush.

A plastic manual replaceable head toothbrush and bamboo manual toothbrush perform better than traditional plastic manual and electric toothbrushes in every environmental impact.

The ideal toothbrush is one which uses plastic which is recycled in a continuous process. Plastic brushes which can be recycled don't take up a lot of land, and they don't need lots of water to grow. The important thing here is to keep the plastic in the recycling chain.

by,

Dr.Renju T George,

India.