Stakeholders beam spotlight on impact of menstrual wastes on environment vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
WE are in a world where an estimated 3.8 billion women are expected to experience 450 menstrual flows in their lifetime and use 11,000 – 16,000 sanitary pads each.
The flag-off of the road show brought together manufacturers of sanitary products, MDAs in the environment and waste sectors, civil society, women groups and students in a bid to find sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives and also mainstream it into policy formulation and implementation for the“The sanitary products used by women during menstruation end up in the environment and don’t biodegrade because they have plastic infusions.
Elizabeth, 27, said she has been disposing her sanitary pads in waterproof bags like every other domestic waste since she began menstruating at age 10. Another participant, Odiri, 32, who incidentally is a medical doctor herself, also said she has never paid attention to the health risks poorly disposed menstrual waste pose to humans in their environment.
Dr. Jennifer Braimah, the President/CEO of Intensive Rescue Foundation International, said: “It might interest you to know that makers of sanitary products are men and they are the ones benefitting from selling pads to women.
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