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To: Dunnes, Supervalu, Lidl, Aldi, Tesco Ireland
Make Plastic Free and Reusable Menstrual Products Available in Supermarkets!
Stock reusable menstrual items on shelves alongside disposable menstrual items and remove plastic from own brand disposable menstrual products!
Why is this important?
Owing to a culture of silence surrounding menstruation, menstrual items are a form of single use plastic that have to date remained unspoken of. However the environmental impact cannot be ignored.
- Disposable menstrual items are the 5th most commonly littered product found on our beaches.
- Disposable menstrual items are a substantial source of single use plastic. Menstrual pads contain up to 90% plastic, and a big-brand pack of 14 menstrual pads contains the same amount of plastic as 5 carrier bags.
- People who menstruate use between 12,000 and 16,000 disposable menstrual products in their lifetime, each of which takes hundreds of years to breakdown!
We want reusable menstrual products to be sold on supermarket shelves alongside disposable menstrual products, and for supermarkets to remove the plastic in their own brand menstrual products!
Easy access to reusables such as period pants, menstrual cups and reusable menstrual pads is vital to allow people to make the choice to switch!
- Disposable menstrual items are the 5th most commonly littered product found on our beaches.
- Disposable menstrual items are a substantial source of single use plastic. Menstrual pads contain up to 90% plastic, and a big-brand pack of 14 menstrual pads contains the same amount of plastic as 5 carrier bags.
- People who menstruate use between 12,000 and 16,000 disposable menstrual products in their lifetime, each of which takes hundreds of years to breakdown!
We want reusable menstrual products to be sold on supermarket shelves alongside disposable menstrual products, and for supermarkets to remove the plastic in their own brand menstrual products!
Easy access to reusables such as period pants, menstrual cups and reusable menstrual pads is vital to allow people to make the choice to switch!