Will Toothpaste Pods Get Funding Needed To Launch?

Inventor Wayne Solan and his company Dental Development Systems are using a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a novel toothpaste-in-a-pod product. The idea behind the single-use Poppits pod is to eliminate the traditional, nonrecyclable toothpaste tube (the pods themselves are sold in recyclable paperboard boxes). The toothpaste in the cellulose-enclosed pod is released as soon as it is popped into the mouth and brushing begins. Solan says he has secured funding from a toothpaste company and manufacturing company, but at this writing was still $10,000 short of his Kickstarter funding goal.