Searching this, I see a couple options, mainly in the ‘Eco-friendly’ direction. (e.g. Made of corn husks or silk, etc.)
Has anyone found/tried a Canadian made floss? Any good? I can’t seem to find any at local stores, so it seems like a lot to spend to buy a single pack of floss and ship it here.
Yeah, lately I’m finding I need to make trade-offs about what is important to me. Ideally I’d want Canada-owned/Canada-made AND less single use plastic, but sometimes I need to settle for something I can find, at least for things like dental floss where it’s a hygiene thing. (Though nice-to-have stuff I can just not buy it at all.)
We’re at the same stage, and devised a loose hierarchy of values to apply (ymmv):
1.) Canadian/not American, because the danger of economic/conventional warfare is acute and deadly for every living thing in Canada; 2) No Loblaw’s/Weston company/products: we haven’t forgotten. 3) Minimum possible plastic: a little extra cost, if we can afford it, to not infect the planet further, is worth it; 4) Downsizing: we’ve been giving a lot away, often from a table out front – about 70% gets taken by local students or an ODSP recipient who resells it. Friends call to see if we have a spare, or want to get rid of, our <insert item>, and a locally-run thrift store not only sells certain goods, it sorts and directs other items AND tells us what will get dumped, so we can look for alternative disposal.
It can be a lot of work, but on the plus side, doing the research online has forced me to brush up my language skills, which is apparently the best way to prevent cognitive decline at my advanced age. And, when we finally shuffle off the mortal coil, we won’t leave a lot of stuff behind to bedevil any heirs we might have!