71% Have Faced No Way To Dispose of Period Pads in Public Bathrooms, Study Reveals
New research from FLUUS revealed consumers have:
- Hidden pads up their sleeves because of a lack of appropriate bins
- Worn traditional pads for too long to the point they leaked, as they had nowhere to throw them away
- Removed pads, wrapped them up and carried them around for hours
- Put wrapped pads in their pocket and forgotten about them
We’ve all been there - feeling uncomfortable about how we navigate our basic personal hygiene - but despite the advice against doing so - flushing pads is happening (an estimated 1.5M daily go down the toilet) - causing blocked pipes and microplastics to enter waterways.
Traditional pads can take more than 500 years to break down due to the plastic, glue, and absorbent polymers they contain. But 86% of the 2,000 people surveyed want flushable period products that solve the problem, and Boots is...
