Posted on 08/11/2025 11:58:17 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
It was six months ago that Selin Celikoyar bought her last tampon and switched to a reusable menstrual disc.
“I had already been wary of tampons from an environmental perspective and also from a biological perspective. I felt that they were very wasteful and expensive to consistently keep buying,” she said.
The flexible discs and other reusable menstrual products are gaining traction as alternatives to the billions of single-use pads and tampons that get tossed into landfills every year. Products such as the discs, silicone cups and period underwear can be reused for years, so they’re cost-effective and long-lasting in addition to helping people reduce waste. The popularity of the reusable alternatives has grown since the pandemic, when it was easier to experiment with period products in the privacy of a home bathroom, according to women’s health experts.
Celikoyar said she used tampons and pads for years because those are the options she grew up knowing about. But when she saw her friend make the switch to a menstrual disc, she decided to try it too.
“The experience has been such a game changer,” she said.
About 12 billion disposable pads and 7 billion tampons go into U.S. landfills every year, according to Dr. Luwam Semere, chief of obstetrics and gynecology at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara. Pads are mostly plastic. Once they’re in the landfill, they take up to 800 years to degrade, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Single-use pads and tampons are by far the most popular period products. Women’s health expert Dr. Navya Mysore said that’s not because they’re better, they’re just usually the first options kids are shown.
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Is this one of those “Must Be Discussed As A Group” topic?
What do female elephants use for tampons?
*** The discs get inserted farther in, so they don’t interrupt intercourse. ***
Super gross. I can’t even imagine doing this, much less wanting to.
It really is.
Uh... no thanks. I am positive Mrs. VPINTHEAK would not do this unless there was no other option.
Before you know it we’ll be back to cloth diapers for babies.
(Or maybe tampons will get repurposed?)
More like TIM.
Really? Let's see some numbers ...
This smells like propaganda with no basis in facts.
Great information that everyone needs to know.
Can’t wait to see chicks hosing off the reusable stuff in the front yard.
I bet leftist chicks will whip them out at their protests to use as a weapon.
We have a trash burner that generates power for the grid. Best way to manage trash.
Back in the day they were called ‘grannie rags’ - washed and hung out to dry.
I washed diapers for four. Actually pretty easy to do
the young valkyries here are now all washing diapers.
they have been trying to gain traction since the 80s without success.
“What do female elephants use for tampons?”
Annoying tourists...
I find it hard to believe that ‘800 years to degrade’ business.
Figured as much ...
To the best of my knowledge, neither Mrs. Mountain nor any Daughters of Mountain use(d) such. But I don't ask too many questions.
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