Sustainable menstruation!!

Why sustainable menstrual products ?
It is estimated that a woman uses up to 10,000 sanitary pads during her reproductive age. Most sanitary pads contain a lot of plastic. Each pad may take 500-800 years to decompose. Indian villages and cities have no way to manage this waste. Incineration is being proposed as a solution. But the costs of scientifically-managed incineration are prohibitive, with bio-medical waste incineration firms charging as much as Rs 22/kg of sanitary waste in Bengaluru. Some schools, colleges and workplaces have installed mini incinerators which are a lot cheaper, but burn waste at temperatures far lower than the 800 degrees recommended by the WHO, which may lead to harmful emissions.
Some women flush down disposable sanitary napkins after use, clogging underground drains. Reusable menstrual products like cloth pads and menstrual cups are the right choice from a medical and an environmental perspective. A single cup may last up to 10 years and one cloth pad up to 3 years. They are a perfect solution for the objectives of Swachh Bharat Mission.
Disposable products also contain chemicals that several women are allergic to and which can be potentially carcinogenic. In fact cloth is a perfectly safe option but the shame attached to menstruation and cultural taboos often lead to its unhygienic maintenance.