{"id":249696,"date":"2024-04-26T11:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/green-your-period-earth911\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T12:55:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T12:55:22","slug":"green-your-period-earth911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/green-your-period-earth911\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Your Period – Earth911"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Close to 20 billion pads, tampons, and applicators enter North American landfills every year. The mind-boggling generation of waste is just one in a series of serious environmental impacts created by feminine hygiene products. Is it possible to green your period?<\/p>\n
Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong><\/em> This post contains affiliate links, which helps fund our <\/em>Recycling Directory<\/em>, the most comprehensive in North America.<\/em><\/p>\n Each method of birth control has its own set of environmental considerations, but some can reduce or even eliminate menstruation. If you use birth control, choosing such a method could remove you from the 26 percent of the world\u2019s population who need to use some kind of period product every month.<\/p>\n For most Americans, disposable pads and tampons are the default. Pads contain cotton and plastics, primarily LDPE, which produces more greenhouse gases than…<\/p>\n<\/div>\nLow Flow<\/h3>\n
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