Period and environment. How natural is their relationship?

A woman is likely to have her period about 450 times in her lifetime. As a result, she uses some product, usually sanitary napkins or tampons, for about 450 weeks.

Experts recommend changing them every four to eight hours a day. Doing the math, assuming each period lasts about 5 days, that means a woman will use more than 11,000 products in her lifetime. A number that multiplies exponentially if we include the sanitary napkins for daily use.

In 2018, nearly 18 billion tampons were sold worldwide.

It goes without saying that personal hygiene products are a serious environmental hazard as most of them are made up of 10% to 90% synthetic materials.

Used sanitary napkins and tampons are sent to landfills and then continue their “journey” in the environment with the synthetic materials derived from them taking tens to hundreds of years to decompose.In recent years, when we have been experiencing the consequences of climate change, the issue of environmental sustainability has entered our daily agenda.

Interest in reusable products or products with a minimal environmental footprint is constantly increasing.Reusable products such as the menstrual cup, machine-washable cloth pads or underwear with built-in cloth pads are ecological solutions, but they are not convenient like the sanitary pads and tampons.

A serious proposal for the sustainability of the environment without sacrificing the convenience of use, are the organic sanitary napkins which consist of 100% organic cotton both in their cover and in their core.

The production of organic cotton does not require chemical fertilizers that end up in the water table and the plants need less water than conventional crops.Organic sanitary napkins are compostable and their footprint on the environment is minimal compared to synthetic ones.

You too can help protect the environment by making your period… greener.