Today we’re talking periods and plastic. Before you decide this isn’t your thing as someone who doesn’t get their period, stick around. This is an issue that actually concerns all of us by contributing to the overwhelming plastic pollution crisis facing our planet. In the United States alone, approximately 12 billion pads and 7 billion tampons are discarded each year. Most of this ends up in landfill where it can take centuries to breakdown. Some ends up in our waterways and then washed up on our beaches. In fact, sanitary products are the fifth most common item found on Europe’s beaches, and are more widespread than single-use coffee cups, cutlery, or straws.
Today we’re talking periods and plastic. Before you decide this isn’t your thing as someone who doesn’t get their period, stick around. This is an issue that actually concerns all of us by contributing to the overwhelming plastic pollution crisis facing our planet. In the United States alone, approximately 12 billion pads and 7 billion tampons are discarded each year. Most of this ends up in landfill where it can take centuries to breakdown. Some ends up in our waterways and then washed up on our beaches. In fact, sanitary products are the fifth most common item found on Europe’s beaches, and are more widespread than single-use coffee cups, cutlery, or straws.
