Kotex Aside, Which Is The Greenest Sanitary Invention?
I live in a part of the world where the rich-poor extremes can be as depressing as they are embarrassing. Water, in its scarcity, coupled with inexistent or poor sanitation does not help things and being a woman can sometimes be even more burdensome. Given, this affects the basic necessities of a woman like personal hygiene.
Pubertal girls in rural communities miss going to school for a few days each month during their menstrual circle because they use inferior materials like old rags and newspapers for their menstrual flow and many feminine organizations have come to the help of these hapless girls by providing free sanitary pads.
But the provision of disposable supplies can create unforeseen burden on some communities where solid waste disposal consists of burning the garbage. Since many disposable feminine hygiene products contain plastic, incineration potentially creates an environmental and health hazard, according to Deanna Duke, the founder of Goods4Girls.
