As many people know, or not, today we have an environmental problem that urgently needs to be solved: Garbage. That is why we want to talk about a simple example of the generation of non-recyclable waste such as menstrual hygiene products.

On average, women have menstruation for 40 years of their lives, this means that during that time women consume intimate hygiene products such as tampons, feminine pads or menstrual cups.

Speaking from her own experience, per menstrual cycle, a woman uses about 20 tampons and five feminine pads, that is, 300 products per year and more than 12,000 throughout her life. If we think about the fact that women make up a little more than half of the world's population, you can imagine the amount of waste that this implies.Approximately 100,000 million tampons and feminine pads are used each year, which take approximately 300 years to decompose.. 

It is a fact that for women it is a basic need to have access to intimate hygiene products, that is why more than 150 years ago, a sustainable alternative was created so that we can have intimate hygiene without exponentially polluting. The menstrual cup, although it was created a long time ago, it is not until now that its popularity has increased and more and more women are using this alternative.

¿What is it?

It is a container made of medical grade silicone that is used internally in the vaginal canal collecting the menstrual flow instead of absorbing it, after a certain time, it is removed, the discharge is discarded and it is reintroduced. Its cleaning is simple since it is only necessary to use water and boil it.

Environmental benefits

The life cycle of the menstrual cup is a little over five years, so its environmental benefit is notorious, since during the life cycle of the cup the woman stops generating waste from the feminine pads or tampons that would normally have. The fact that it can be reused and is a durable product, allows women to stay comfortable and clean without the need to generate thousands of daily waste.

In addition, the material with which the menstrual cups are made (medical grade silicone) does not require cutting down trees for its manufacture. While, on the other hand, feminine pads are made with acrylic polymers, surfactant gels and wood pulp (tree bark), plus a non-permeable plastic layer.

Economic benefits

The menstrual cup has a durability of approximately 5 years depending on the care given to it, so the economic savings are also significant, taking into account the monthly expenditure on products such as tampons and feminine pads.

The investment made in a menstrual cup is recovered in the first 8 months of use.

In addition to both the ecological and economic benefits, the use of the menstrual cup has thousands of other benefits, we leave you some:

• It is much more comfortable (you will not notice that you are wearing it)
• You can use it for up to 12 continuous hours
• You can do any activity in the water
• You can sleep with her
• Forget about stains and accidents
• Does not cause vaginal infections
• You will create an incredible connection with your body

And so we could continue.

If you still do not dare to make the change and use the menstrual cup, we invite you to learn a little more about Cuttiecup and its benefits and join this incredible community of women.

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