I've decided to switch to reusable sanitary pads. I'll try them first for home usage and then upgrade to all days. I know there will be initial trouble with drying them out, changing and cleaning them but yes, I'm determined to make this change back.
I say back because actually I'm not new to them. I used them till I was 18, primarily on account of economy and I had to pretend I knew what they were talking about when my high-school friends went and bought disposable sanitary pads from medical shops, wrapped in black covers. Actually in a place like mine, disposing biodegrades is easy - we just turn them into compost for our trees - but we just didn't know what to do with plastic so cloth pads actually suited us. But I became conscious of 'better standards' when I started my Engineering and switched to the dumping kinds. Now it's just turned a full circle for me I guess.
But I also realize that if you really want to make a difference to your surroundings, it's not enough if you just tick your box and say I'm done. You'll have to persuade others to do it too. I don't know too many people who I can talk to about changing sanitary pads but I want to talk about reducing plastic usage though. When I went to my place this time, the edges of our grounds were littered with plastic and it almost made me cry. People like Auntie are already actively involved in reducing this but universal apathy, she says, is frustrating. There are problems at every level. Usage of plastic covers is very very high(I found chips packets the major culprits) , people don't even want to segregate them(especially the urban population) and then finally dispose them anywhere they please. So, the obvious first step is to reduce the usage itself, right?
I say back because actually I'm not new to them. I used them till I was 18, primarily on account of economy and I had to pretend I knew what they were talking about when my high-school friends went and bought disposable sanitary pads from medical shops, wrapped in black covers. Actually in a place like mine, disposing biodegrades is easy - we just turn them into compost for our trees - but we just didn't know what to do with plastic so cloth pads actually suited us. But I became conscious of 'better standards' when I started my Engineering and switched to the dumping kinds. Now it's just turned a full circle for me I guess.
But I also realize that if you really want to make a difference to your surroundings, it's not enough if you just tick your box and say I'm done. You'll have to persuade others to do it too. I don't know too many people who I can talk to about changing sanitary pads but I want to talk about reducing plastic usage though. When I went to my place this time, the edges of our grounds were littered with plastic and it almost made me cry. People like Auntie are already actively involved in reducing this but universal apathy, she says, is frustrating. There are problems at every level. Usage of plastic covers is very very high(I found chips packets the major culprits) , people don't even want to segregate them(especially the urban population) and then finally dispose them anywhere they please. So, the obvious first step is to reduce the usage itself, right?
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