Intimate hygiene products, such as sanitary pads and tampons, are essential during the menstrual period. However, these are usually made with highly polluting plastic materials, as they are not usually biodegradable.
It is estimated that a woman can use between 8,000 and 17,000 tampons throughout her life, depending on the age at which she began to regulate, the constancy and duration of her menstrual cycles or if she has any type of disease such as menorrhagia or endometriosis In addition, it is estimated that approximately one hundred billion menstruation care products are discarded each year worldwide.
In trying to solve this problem, a couple from India have just launched a brand of eco-friendly sanitary towels made from banana waste. In this way they help women to have adequate intimate hygiene and, at the same time, take care of the environment.
Hetal and Chirag Virani worked together to develop a feminine pad that was friendly to the environment and, at the same time, met the necessary requirements to maintain good intimate hygiene. After several attempts, they brought to the market the Sparkle hygienic towel, capable of biodegrading in approximately six months. But that’s not all, because the product packaging is also 100 percent biodegradable.
The idea came after the couple realized that banana waste on crops used to be burned, thrown away, shredded and wasted, even when the banana fibers are still resistant to be used in other items.
My family has banana plantations near one of the largest banana growing belts in India. Banana plants grow rapidly in just 9 to 12 months. Once the bananas are harvested, these plants become agricultural waste. We found that banana fibers are naturally super absorbent and highly effective in blocking menstrual flow.
Another reason that led the couple to create a feminine pad, and not another product, was that they learned about the problems faced by millions of girls and women due to the lack of access to sanitary napkins, since these are usually very expensive in the market and not the entire population could afford them.
Now that they produce their own intimate pads, they often donate them in various regions of India. However, they hope that their product can have a greater reach and reach different parts of the world, since in the market it would have a cost up to 50 percent below those that already exist on the supermarket shelves.
Sparkle products do not contain plastics, perfumes or chlorine. They are made with banana fiber, bamboo fiber and cornstarch.
- Bamboo fiber: Naturally antibacterial, soft and hypoallergenic
- Banana fiber: Incredibly absorbent. Extracted from agricultural waste and supports the circular economy
- Corn: Alternative to Eco-friendly Leak-Proof Plastic
Sparkle only takes six months to biodegrade, while conventional toilet towels can take up to 400 years to disappear from the planet. So far, those who have had the opportunity to use Sparkle assure that it is a friendly product for the female body, it does not cause itching, sweating or irritation, its absorption is good and it is quite inexpensive.
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