Plastic Waste

It takes 500 to 800 years for one pad to decompose.. Plastic pervades modern life, and menstruation is no exception. Since the middle of the 20th century, many tampons and menstrual pads have contained somewhere between a little and a lot of plastic in their basic design—sometimes for reasons that “improve” the design, but often for reasons less crucial.

In 2018 alone, people in the U.S. bought 5.8 billion tampons, and over the course of a lifetime, a single menstruator will use somewhere between 5 and 15 thousand pads and tampons, the vast majority of which will wind up in landfills as plastic waste.

We believe that breaking down the stigma around menstruation is key to moving toward a more socially and environmentally thoughtful future.

Fashion Waste

Fashion waste can be made up of cutting waste, unusable stock due to last-minute design changes, spoilage in transport, or excess stock that is not sold on the retail market. 35% of all materials used for clothing ends up as waste before the garment even reaches the consumer. In fact, one garbage truck of textiles is dumped to landfills or burned each second and can take decades to degrade whilst emitting harmful greenhouse gasses.

We are proud to work alongside the world’s most prestigious fashion brands transforming their waste material and off cuts into premium reusable pads and luxury hand stitched pouches for women. Our circular upcycling system helps to protect the planet and the environment, as well as empowering women faced with period poverty in Africa.