Around 9.3 million women use tampons in the UK, but we don’t often speak about how we dispose of them
“Everyone knows that horror story of wrapping a tampon up in toilet roll and trying to smuggle it out your friend’s bathroom,” says Martha Silcott, inventor of Fab Little Bag, a biodegradable bag designed to make it easier for women to bin their tampons.
Silcott, a former City worker turned entrepreneur, surveyed hundreds of women and girls before launching her product on something we don’t usually talk about: the monthly, often messy matter of getting rid of used tampons. She found 40% chose to bin, 60% were flushers.
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Source: Guardian Environment