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Starting a start-up: 2 polytechnic students defy odds to create eco-friendly dental floss picks
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Mr Lingesh Sachuvanantham (left) and Mr Javen Koh, the founders of Kloss, a reusable dental floss start-up.
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SINGAPORE - Unlike many other polytechnic students who call it a day after slogging through their homework, Mr Lingesh Sachuvanantham and Mr Javen Koh would continue to stay up – to tackle a thumb-size problem found in toilet bins.
Dental floss picks, they propose, should be made from recyclable and biodegradable materials, as they are major contributors to plastic waste in landfills here and globally.
