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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | India’s landfills add 113k tonnes of menstrual waste each year: Report

India’s landfills add 113k tonnes of menstrual waste each year: Report

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published Published on Jun 3, 2021   modified Modified on Jun 4, 2021

-Down to Earth

Around 88% respondents want to switch to less-polluting alternatives but report they are not easily available

Around 12.3 billion sanitary napkins, amounting to 113,000 tonnes of waste, reached India’s landfills every year, according to a new study. Improper disposal and non-segregation from household waste leads to unhygienic working condition for waste workers, the report said.

Commonly available sanitary napkins constitute 90 per cent plastic, the report claimed. India generates 3.3 million tonnes of plastic waste every year, according to a Central Pollution Control Board report (2018-19).

The contribution of menstrual waste to the country’s annual plastic waste accumulation is thus less than three per cent.

A majority (88 per cent) of the respondents want to switch to environmentally friendly alternatives like organic pads and menstrual cups but reported that these are not easily available.   

“Tax rebates, subsidies must be issued if a tested organic product releases in the market in order to obtain a significant customer shift,” said Satish Sinha, associate-director, Toxics Link.

Tampons and organic pads, however, can also contain plastic but in lower proportions, the report said, adding that menstrual cups are the only non-plastic alternatives.

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Down to Earth, 3 June, 2021, https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/waste/india-s-landfills-add-113k-tonnes-of-menstrual-waste-each-year-report-77247


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