Radius Launches 100% Biodegradable Floss

Millions of pounds of nylon floss are added to landfills and flushed down toilets everyday. This creates serious threats to animal and aquatic life. As a result, Radius, a manufacturer of specialty, natural dental products, debuted its organic biodegradable silk floss—the first 100% biodegradable floss, according to the company. Spun by hand, the natural silk is certified organic by the USDA and is grown sustainably.

The floss takes 60-90 days to biodegrade. Grown sustainably in the groves of mulberry trees in the mountains of Columbia, Radius Organic Biodegradable Silk Floss is sourced in cooperation with a farm cooperative in Cauca, Colombia—a 20-family owned and operated initiative that focuses on redirecting worthy sources of livelihood back to the native populations of Columbia in a sustainable and enriching manner.

After spinning, the Radius floss is coated in natural, vegan candelilla wax, a wax derived from the leaves of the small Candelilla shrub native to northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S.

The Organic Biodegradable Silk Floss is available at Whole Foods and the Vitamin Shoppe retail locations nationwide.