Question
- How can some menstrual products harm the environment?
Answer
- Menstrual products, especially those thrown down the toilets, cause harm to the environment by ending up on our beaches and waterways.
- 50% of people throw menstrual products down the toilet (4.6 million menstrual products every day in the UK).
- These products must be thrown in the bin. The average menstruating person can get through 11 000 sanitary products in their ‘period lifetime.’
- Most menstrual products are composed of up to 90% plastic that can take 500 years to biodegrade.
(Statistics taken from organicup.com)
