Being Green

In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Stephanie Lamour, founder of the social enterprise, Komani, about their reusable sanitary pads. It’s estimated that it could take between 500 and 800 years for one disposable sanitary towel to decompose on a landfill. This is because they are largely made up of plastic. So when you consider that it’s believed that an average woman uses close to 300 sanitary products per year – that makes a lot of plastic out in the environment. In addition to reusable pads, other eco-friendly alternatives include period pants, menstrual cups and organic pads which have gained popularity in recent years.