When a U.K. startup began selling a subscription service to period products in 2015–the menstrual version of the Dollar Shave Club–they offered both disposable and reusable products. The reusable ...

We've got a period problem. Every year, billions of menstrual products are thrown away and can end up in landfills or the ocean, where they can take years — sometimes decades — to degrade. How do we ...

In recent years, many menstrual product manufacturers have focused on developing products that cause less harm to the environment. From menstrual cups to absorbent period underwear, products are being ...

Plastic tampon applicators are terrible for the environment. Not only do they flood our oceans but animals even mistake them for food and eat them, blocking their digestive tracts and contaminating ...

You already have enough to worry about when it comes to dealing with that time of the month, every month. Between painful cramps and unshakeable fatigue, I'm willing to bet the last thing on your mind ...

One company is hoping to address the non-sustainable nature of tampons and have announced plans for a tampon applicator that you can reuse, The Guardian reports The company, called Dame, shared the ...

THINX CEO Miki Agrawal tells me I shouldn't feel badly that I can't seem to dig applicator-less tampons. "Sometimes nails are long and it scratches, sometimes hands aren't clean, sometimes people ...

When we think of reducing our waste, we often think about touting a reusable water bottle or bringing our own bags to the grocery store. But what about menstrual products? According to Global Citizen, ...

Last year, environmental activist Ella Daish arrived outside the offices of feminine hygiene company, Lil-Lets. She was armed with a placard and a petition. More than 240,000 people have already ...

Women have had enough of wasteful and impractical feminine hygiene products. For generations, women were limited when it came to period products. Now, female-led businesses are developing new products ...

When Celia Pool and Alec Mills first approached investors with a plan to design the world’s first reusable tampon applicator, she was met with skepticism. The pair already had a business, DAME, which ...

“The average woman will have a tampon inside her for a collective 7.5 years.” Celia Pool, Co-Founder of Dame. 2015 was hailed as the year of the period: a woman ran the London Marathon whilst ...