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Women, Can We Talk?

Tampons without plastic applicators. Menstrual cups. Products free from dioxins. Special absorbent underwear like Thinx. There are alternative options for monthly period care that can relieve the acres/hectares of waste that result from using disposable products. Disposable products that are made from oil and other non-renewable sources.

The plastic parts of tampon applicators and packaging and the polymers in sanitary pads are toxins that don’t readily decompose. In the United States, 5 billion tampons alone were sold in 2018, one-third of global usage.

We need to talk more about issues that affect women, and talking about menstruation is a great place to start.

Whether you’re a woman or not, check out this powerful 10-minute video by the campaign Green the Red. It highlights the ecological and health dangers of the flow of single-use period products into the Indian marketplace and illuminates the benefits to women’s health and their household budgets of reusable products such as menstrual cups, dioxin-free cloth napkins, and tampons without plastic applicators.

Women around the world can make healthier period choices for their bodies and for our planet. Spread the word.

Sources:

https://www.greenthered.in/

https://sustainableperiodproject.org/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/how-tampons-pads-became-unsustainable-story-of-plastic

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