Menstrual products are essential for health, hygiene, and wellbeing, enabling millions of people to manage menstruation safely and participate fully in daily life. However, while these products provide important benefits, many commonly used disposable options also have significant environmental impacts, particularly through plastic pollution. Disposable menstrual products such as sanitary pads, tampons, and their applicators are often made from a combination of cotton, wood p

Menstrual hygiene affects billions of people each month, with most relying on single-use plastic products like pads and tampons. However, have we considered what happens to plastic menstrual products when we dispose of them? The average person who menstruates uses around 11,000 menstrual products during their lifetime. That’s enough to almost fill a London city bus! However, the majority of these menstrual products are made of plastic , from the product itself to the packagi