The Evolution of Menstrual Products

In the UK around 3.3 billion units of single use menstrual products are disposed of every year Then this generates 200,000 tons of land fillet waste a year in the UK alone. 1.5 to 2 billion menstrual items are flushed down toilets in the UK here No flush your menstrual product. It's bad for where it ends up going but we get huge blockages all over the UK for this and I assume in other countries. Fortunately more environmentally friendly alternatives have been developed Yay, like menstrual cup which collects blood in a bell shaped vestibule.

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