E: 30/06 Win a washable sanitary pad!

tipplehead

Must say i don't find them yucky as such, but I am curious to find out how you wash them. I use cloth nappies on my son, but I just put a whole load in the wash at once about twice a week - I can't imagine that you can do this with these pads. I think the mooncup is the way to go for eco-friendlyness - not that I have one yet. I hate the thought of all those nasty chemicals in disposable pads and tampons messing with my lady bits :eek: .

tipplehead

toomanykids wrote: »

That's exactly what I thought when I saw them.:rolleyes: I'm not squeamish, 6 kids and washing all sorts of lovelies off clothes over the years soon knocks that out of you! :eek: But I can't understand the eco part of the argument . Why don't the clever-heads behind this design an eco-friendly throwaway towel that completely bio-degrades like the carrier bags the co-op use? Just my tuppence-worth. Other than that, as I always say, each to their own!;)

I think it's not just the fact that they are thown away after being used that is the problem. Apparently they also take a whole load of natural resource to make in the first place, wood, oil etc and that some of the chemicals that are used to make them absorbant are really damaging to the environment once they start to break down (I know this is the case with disposable nappies, not sure about pads). I'm going to pluck up the courage and buy a mooncup (wonder why they named it that ???)

catz747

catz747 wrote: »

EWWWWWW!!!

In my defence, I use Mooncup and only mooncup, I don't use towels at all & I think EWWWWWWW!! So there

IdontMind

OOOOHH BODYFORMMMM Body formed for yOOOOOUUUuuuuu

DUKE

OMG! I stopped using the flippin' hammock years ago, I'm a modern tampon woman now

Come on you lot - a win's a win ....

tinkerbell1978

er ewwwwww think i might just thank you and um pass on this one which is unusual for me as i normally go for anything but even this one is a bit tooo far for me! er thanks anyway!

Craftynclothy

NoNameWoman wrote: »

Pigpaws, it is really the bad taste of people who designed such an innovation, not your mistake. Thank you for trying and please don't let this put you off posting!

I just want to ask what is 'green' ??? in using washing machines, electricity, water, washing up liquids, dryers,etc to clean such a mess, or are we expected to handwash them??? :rolleyes:. YEAH, RIGHT!

Oh and just imagine the amount of washings that you have to do if you were to 're-use' these things.

Another 'YUCK!' from me! The idea is absolutely sickening.

Well firstly, I use these pads and I have a Mooncup. The pads last for ages unlike disposable pads.

Whilst there may be electricity and water used to wash them, how much electricity, water and chemicals do you think is used in producing disposable pads????

Oh and there's no detergent used here - I use soapnuts which are shipped to the uk so incur zero air miles. After use in the washer they can be used to make liquid multi surface cleaner and then composted. No waste, no chemicals.

They go in the wash - usually with towels...I mean you do wash that area while you're on your period don't you? Or do you buy disposable towels too?

bank_of_slate

My hubby says that Tampax should adopt the M People song 'Up tight, outta sight' for their next campaign.
...Linda xx

bella165

catz747 wrote: »

In my defence, I use Mooncup and only mooncup, I don't use towels at all & I think EWWWWWWW!! So there

well said :T:T
after the 1st comp to win a moon cup and all the pros and cons involved i took the plunge and got one ive used it now twice (2months)and totaly converted i will never use tampons/pads ever again,
still think you could use this as i duster tho lol :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

josie301

Craftynclothy wrote: »

.........................snip........

They go in the wash - usually with towels...I mean you do wash that area while you're on your period don't you? Or do you buy disposable towels too?

hmmm yeah, but washing implies you are clean when you dry 'that area' not clabbering the towel in 'ewwww' then bunging it in your machine!