They're easy to use and good for the environment. These new additions to the scene are loved for freeing people with periods from bulky pads and the sometimes uncomfortable task of inserting a tampon.
Through his nonprofit, Ajume Wingo, CU Boulder associate professor of philosophy, is providing sanitary pads and menstrual education in his home country, Cameroon Several years ago, Ajume Wingo was ...
On Friday, March 25th, The Earth Foundation held a fully virtual event, The Earth Prize 2022 Awards Ceremony, to announce the winner and runners-up of the USD 200,000 environmental sustainability ...
Menstrual Hygiene Day, a day recognized on May 28 th since 2014, was started to create awareness of menstrual inequality and to break taboos surrounding periods. In 2020 the month of May was declared ...
An curved arrow pointing right. One in four women in India don't have the supplies they need for their period. Saathi Pads is turning farm waste into biodegradable pads that could prevent the ...
Each year, nearly 20 billion sanitary pads, tampons, and applicators are dumped into North American landfills every year, and it takes centuries for them to biodegrade inside plastic bags, according ...
In a casual conversation, researcher Pooja Singh and two of her colleagues were discussing the idea of developing biodegradable sanitary pads and started to contemplate what raw materials to use.
Meg Ferrigno has spent most of her time the past 20 years in Tibet, distributing menstrual products to nuns and others in the area. Now that she lives full time in La Jolla’s Village, her mission is ...
Most sanitary pads available for African women and girls are relatively expensive and classified as single-use plastics, which means some take hundreds of years to decompose. To help tackle this ...