Go with the flow: Eco-friendly alternatives to use during your period

Over 200k tonnes of period product waste ends up in landfills every year in Ireland. Martha Brennan looks at the  eco-friendly options on the market

GROWING PAINS: The disposable period product market is a billion dollar industry that continues to grow, but there are steps you can take to make a difference.

Every day, millions of women around the world need to buy and use period products - and every day, millions of those products end up in landfills, or even worse, flushed into the ocean.

Since the first pack of tampons was stacked onto a pharmacy shelf in 1921, period products have become increasingly less sustainable. When the first tampon applicator was created it was made of cardboard and the cotton product it was encasing was free of any plastic material.