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Why menstrual cups could be the answer to period waste pollution

Imagine every period you’ve ever had, heaped in a dumpsite. Every pad, tampon, their wrappers stacked on each other in a bloated state, and relentlessly piling up for months, years, decades, centuries.

Now, multiply that by over a billion menstruators worldwide, or even, to zoom it in on Kenya, the 9.3 million women and girls in reproductive age according to UNICEF. The result? A silent, insipid staggering crisis of plastic waste in our environment that few dare to talk about. However, what if a small reusable cup could be the change our country and the world desperately need?

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