Going Green in Berkeley: Brush with Bamboo

A Berkeley man and his business partner, both UC Berkeley grads, have brought green consciousness to that everyday item, the toothbrush.

Rohit Sahdev of Berkeley and Rohit Kumar of Fremont — they share a first name by coincidence — have founded Brush with Bamboo, a newl manufacturing company with offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Bamboo is a natural for toothbrushes, they told the San Francisco Business Times in a recent interview. It's antimicrobial, so the brushes don't get moldy, and when discarded, the bamboo handles break down in about six months — unlike seemingly eternal plastic-handled toothbrushes.

Locally, the bamboo toothbrushes are available at the Ecology Center Store, 2530 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley, and at the Berkeley Student Food Collective, 2440 Bancroft Way, #102, Berkeley.

You may read the complete Busness Times article here.