Shocking facts
Disposable Menstrual products:
- A big-brand pack of 14 menstrual pads contains the same amount of plastic as 5 carrier bags!
- Around 2.5 million tampons, 1.4 million pads and 700,000 panty liners are flushed every single day here in the UK!
- 200,000 tonnes of menstrual waste landfilled each year in the UK.
- By switching to reusable period products you could save up to 94% of your lifetime spend on disposables.
Source: City to Sea