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Choose a reusable menstrual product that suits you

Life-cycle comparisons support lower material use and potential climate benefits from repeatedly used menstrual products.

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Miniature scene: Using disposable products each cycle.
Using disposable products each cycle
Miniature scene: Reusing a suitable cup or washable product.
Reusing a suitable cup or washable product
01 / Why this can help

Mechanism and conditions

Choose a reusable menstrual product that suits you

BeforeUsing disposable products each cycle

AfterReusing a suitable cup or washable product

Clean, use again, repeat: the number of uses and cleaning change the life-cycle result.

Arrows show connections, not measured flows. Symbol sizes do not represent environmental quantities.

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Life-cycle comparisons support lower material use and potential climate benefits from repeatedly used menstrual products. Cleaning and the number of uses influence the result.

This is a personal choice, dependent on comfort, access to water and safe cleaning. Follow product instructions. Cups and washable pads are different systems; their study results are not interchangeable.

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02 / One possible next step

If it suits your circumstances, learn how one reusable option is used and cleaned before choosing it.

03 / Sources and scope

Context-dependent outcome

What the evidence supports

Life-cycle comparisons support lower material use and potential climate benefits from repeatedly used menstrual products. Cleaning and the number of uses influence the result.

Boundary of the claim

This is a personal choice, dependent on comfort, access to water and safe cleaning. Follow product instructions. Cups and washable pads are different systems; their study results are not interchangeable.

  1. Research study · Fourcassier et al. · 2022

    Fourcassier et al. (2022) — Menstrual products: A comparable LCA

    Consulted section (original language): Cup and other reusable options are favorable in the scenarios of France, India and the USA; the washing counts.

    Consultation: abstracts and indexed results of the paper

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Choose a reusable menstrual product that suits you

Miniature scene: Using disposable products each cycle. Miniature scene: Reusing a suitable cup or washable product.
Using disposable products each cycleReusing a suitable cup or washable product

Why this can help

Life-cycle comparisons support lower material use and potential climate benefits from repeatedly used menstrual products. Cleaning and the number of uses influence the result.

One possible next step

If it suits your circumstances, learn how one reusable option is used and cleaned before choosing it.

What changes the outcome

This is a personal choice, dependent on comfort, access to water and safe cleaning. Follow product instructions. Cups and washable pads are different systems; their study results are not interchangeable.

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One possibility

Using disposable products each cycle

Another possibility

Reusing a suitable cup or washable product

Life-cycle comparisons support lower material use and potential climate benefits from repeatedly used menstrual products. Cleaning and the number of uses influence the result.

If it suits your circumstances, learn how one reusable option is used and cleaned before choosing it.

Sources and calculation references

  1. Fourcassier et al. (2022) — Menstrual products: A comparable LCAFourcassier et al. · 2022

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