Sanitary Pads: Impact on Environment

Plastics have attacked our lives. And keeping in mind that they are helpful for bundling and transportation, they are incredibly poisonous and destructive for the earth.

A significant number of our own cleanliness items likewise have plastic in them, and probably the greatest model for these is sanitary napkins and tampons. Truth be told, the ‘plastic shield’, that doesn’t permit dampness and the blood to leak through, is the interesting selling suggestion for a significant number of the makers. Truly, the plastic covering and the shield do forestall humiliating bloodstains during periods, however at what cost?

While there is no official information, a few reports gauge that on a normal around 9000 tons of menstrual waste is created in India month to month, the majority of it as sanitary pads.

All these plastic-based pads are either flushed down latrines or tossed in the open as trash alongside other family unit squander. An enormous number of ladies in India utilize sanitary napkins. A greater part of these is plastic-based.

As indicated by Menstrual Health Alliance India, of all waste created in the nation, about 45% is because of menstrual items, to a great extent sanitary napkins.

There is no legitimate removal framework for menstrual waste either, and this isn’t simply an issue in India yet, as is the case in other developing and underdeveloped nations.

Are Sanitary Pads unsafe for you?

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