media coverage
The Menstrual Waste report has generated a lot of interest among various stakeholders. Please find below links for some recent media coverage on the issue.
- Stigma, lack of awareness, accessibility: What’s holding eco-friendly shift in menstrual waste disposal: downtoearth
- Six ways to make your period routine eco-friendly: deccanherald
- Plastic and Toxic Free Period: H.E.J support ( Health & Environment Justice Support group) website: ptfperiod
- ‘Non-organic sanitary pads Whisper, Stayfree take up to 800 yrs to decompose’: Counterview
- ‘Menstrual Waste Products Adding To Plastic Pollution, Improper Segregation Poses Health Risks For Workers’: logicalindian
- 70% of waste-pickers handle discarded sanitary pads mixed with household waste; high risk of infection: Gaonconnection
- ‘Menstrual waste disposal adding to India’s environmental crisis’: The New Indian Express
- महिलाओं में कैंसर तक की वजह बन रहे सैनिटरी पैड, इस्तेमाल के बाद 800 साल तक नहीं होते खत्म, जानें कई बातें: Dainik Jagran
- ‘India’s landfills add 113k tonnes of menstrual waste each year’: Down To Earth
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