WASTE MANAGEMENT
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SANITARY WASTE
Problems
Disposable sanitary pads and disposable baby diapers constitute 95% of the domestic hazardous waste collected from households. These products are not only difficult to manage, there are a number of issues with the usage of these products
Health
Harsh chemicals used in the pad cause a lot of short-term and long-term health issues like RASHES, Hormonal Imbalance, PCOS/Hypothyroidism, Infertility, Cervical Cancer.
Drain Blockage
Super-absorbant gels in the pad absorb drain water when flushed, the pad swells and blocks drains.
Waste Forever
Each pad takes 500 years to decompose - pollutes soil, ground water and air.
Period Poverty
Need for spending money on disposable pads is causing period poverty the world over.
Management
Biomedical Incinerator
Sanitary Landfill
Solutions
- Menstrual Cup advantages
- Reusable for 10 years
- Saves money
- Zero-waste
- Comfortable
- Cloth Pad benefits
- Leak-proof
- Hypo-allergenic
- Reusable for 3-4 years
- Saves money
- Zero-waste
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