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by Ida Ayu Mas Amelia Kusumaningtyas | 20-06-2019 21:05
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Females during their period would use products such as sanitary napkin (pad), tampon, or menstrual cup. The most common to be sold and used in Indonesia are sanitary napkin. After these pads are used, they become wastes that cannot be recycled. The usage of pads cannot be reduced, because menstruation is a natural process that happens every month for 5 to 7 days. Let's say that for a day, two pads are used. Imagine how many pads are used in a female's lifetime times the female population. It's a lot and these sanitary waste cannot even be recycled nor reduced. Before the appearance of these sanitary napkin, our elders and ancestors have their own version of sanitary napkin made out of cloth. However, their version of pad is just a strip of cloth. Meanwhile, the current version of pads ensure that no blood would leak out. I can't even imagine wearing a pad from the old age because I'm used to pads sold in the market. There is fabric pads now though. Not like the strips of cloth our ancestors wear, but pads that are similar to the ones sold in the market. The pads have layers and they also ensure that blood won't leak. These fabric pads are reusable so they would reduce waste. The users just have to be diligent in washing these pads and then hanging them to dry. Washing fabric pads shouldn't be a problem because non-reusable pads have to be washed as well. Other benefits from fabric pads aside from reducing waste is that the users wouldn't have to spend anymore money to continuously buy pads. Aside that, fabric pads would feel just like underwear so they won't cause irritation making it comfortable. Fabric pads are sold at certain places. I bought mine at a menstrual hygiene day event. It is also sold online, so people can easily buy them. Can you imagine if most young generations using this reusable pads, how many wastes that can be reduce ? The impact would be good for the mother nature.
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4 Comments
Hello Ida
I do hope that you are fine and doing great with your works.
Thank you for your report about A solution to Sanitary Napkin Waste
Green Cheers from Nepal :)
Keep writing great reports.
We are eager to read more reports from you.
Regards,
Kushal Naharki
Posted 29-06-2019 13:48
Hello Ida
Thank you for sharing your wonderful report on sanitary napkin waste problem and its solution with us. Considering every woman must spend at least two sanitary napkins on their periods, the amount of sanitary napkin cannot be ignored. It seems this fabric pads can be a great solution to this problem. They are environment friendly, cost efficient and even might relieve menstrual pain. Thank you for bringing up this issue! Keep up the good work.
Wonhee Mentor
Posted 24-06-2019 02:14
Hey there Ida!
I am deeply grateful of you for writing on the topic of sanitary napkins. I can relate to what you've written completely as I belong to India and females over here also use sanitary napkins in majority while quite a chunk of female population doesn't even have access to such sanitary beneficiaries. Fabric pads is an interesting concept to go about to tackle the issue and I hope something can be done to make them cheap and accessible across regions that need it.
Thank you for the great report!
Posted 23-06-2019 03:31
Hey there Ida!
I hope you are well! I can relate to what you said because before I used the disposable ones, I used to use the cloth. So now that I have come to know about this, I will look it up.
My main concern is that of price. Is it inexpensive? or is that price such that any home-hold income can go out and purchase? I also know of menstrual cups, but those are quite expensive, hence I asked.
All-in-all, this report was one of an eye opener. And it changes the game or sustainability all together.
Thank you so much for reporting Ida! It was well written indeed.
With gratitude,
Rosa
Posted 20-06-2019 21:30