I'm not currently menstruating, but when I do, I waste less than the average woman. Yep, I'm talking about feminine hygiene products today, so the more squeamish have been warned.
Phasing out of expensive disposables
If you are phasing out of disposables, maybe partly to save money, you may still want to reduce your waste. This is a way to do it. Menstrual blood isn't dirty, nor is it bad for the environment. In fact, it can be a nutritional powerhouse for your garden. So, if you are still using disposable maxi-pads or tampons, you are throwing away a valuable resource for your garden!
Let's compost as much of that resource as we can and make it available for your garden. Since pads are made of wood pulp, cotton, and plastic top/bottom, we're looking to compost the inner contents.
Just Rot It, rot it!
To compost the tampon, just toss into your bokashi bin and cover with the newspaper bokashi or bokashi bran.
Suit Up and Tear It Up
Put on some rubber gloves to keep your hands tidy. Wet the pad to prevent dust flying everywhere. Grab ahold of the pad and either rip or cut the pad from top to bottom over the bokashi bin. (Use garden shears.) It will look something like this:
Spread It! Spread It Good!
Use a trowel, etc. to flatten out the pad contents and cover with newspaper bokashi. Tamp it down as much as needed.
Rinse and Repeat
Wash off the plastic leftovers of the pad. Wash it thoroughly with hydrogen peroxide the second time. After pad plastic is washed, put it in with your mixed plastics recycling. Landfill-free at last!
Congrats, you now waste less than the average woman. Enjoy your cheaper reusable menstrual products to save up to $90 a year!
This post was inspired by a disposable diaper composting article and this recycling article.
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