While most kids sought to change their curfew, then 16-year-old science prodigy and Florida native Ben Stern sought to change the world. “I was sad to learn that 4 out of 5 people admit they don’t consistently recycle any items from their bathroom—that’s the equivalent to filling 1,200 football stadiums each year from empty shampoo bottles alone,” he said in his opening statement on Shark Tank in 2016.His company, Nohbo (No Hair Bottles), pitched single-use solid shampoo balls that dissolve in water. Excited by this sustainable innovation and major market opportunity in a category that is a leading contributor to landfill waste, Mark Cuban funded Nohbo—and Ben set out to do big things.Fast-forward to 2020. Nohbo had reformulated their shampoo ball into single-use body wash, shampoo, and conditioner pods encapsulated in a proprietary biodegradable film. They also launched coconut soap slips: single-use, wafer-like hand-soap strips.