{"id":1377,"date":"2013-05-02T12:59:25","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T19:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bepreparedperiod.com\/blog\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2023-02-08T09:44:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T09:44:39","slug":"what-you-need-to-know-about-the-disposal-of-feminine-care-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bepreparedperiod.com\/blog\/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-disposal-of-feminine-care-items\/","title":{"rendered":"What You Need to Know About the Disposal of Feminine Care Items"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.6″][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”0|0px|30px|0px|false|false”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.bepreparedperiod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/13.jpg” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.0.11″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.4.6″ text_text_color=”#333″]Public. Restrooms. I\u2019m sure just saying those two words brings about a number of images and memories, and most of them are probably not the most pleasant! Public restrooms can be dirty, smelly, and just plain gross.<\/p>\n

One of the \u201cewww\u201d factors for public restrooms can be the improper disposal of feminine care items. Sometimes they are thrown on the floor; other times they are not wrapped up before depositing in the receptacle, if there is even one to be found. Often times, the receptacle itself is soiled from previous use, making it unsanitary to touch. And as the puberty age steadily drops, many elementary school restrooms that would benefit from a receptacle don\u2019t have one.<\/span>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.11″ text_text_color=”#333″]\n

\"\"What do we do when we come across a situation like this? You know the drill. It\u2019s time to switch out your tampon or pad \u2013 so you head to the closest stall to take care of business. After you remove the product \u2013 what\u2019s the first thing you do? You reach for the roll of toilet paper, wrap the tampon or pad up, and toss it out. Simple enough, right? What if we told you that this seemingly harmless ritual cost us 141,666 trees per year \u2013 and that\u2019s just in the United States alone? <\/span>Yowza<\/i>. Color us totally shocked. It\u2019s scary, but true. There\u2019s got to be a better way, right? Right.<\/p>\n

So, after visiting a public restroom and being pleasantly surprised to find a new way to help keep bathrooms sanitary, I had to share. They had installed a dispenser providing each user their very own sanitary disposal bag. Simply grab a bag, insert your used item (tampon<\/a>, <\/span>pad<\/a>, <\/span>panty liner<\/a>, <\/span>menstrual cup<\/a>, etc.), tie and toss in the trash. No more touching dirty receptacles! (Can we get a hooray?!)<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.11″ text_text_color=”#333″]\n

Once I realized how much cleaner and more pleasant this one small tweak made my restroom experience, I decided to add this to our offerings at Be Prepared, Period. A sanitary disposal bag helps to solve this issue by providing a clean and discreet way to handle your used products.<\/p>\n

Be Prepared Period is thrilled to announce our new partnership with <\/span>MaskIT Feminine Disposal Pouches<\/a>. This fantastic product makes removing and disposing of your products easy, clean, discreet, and best of all \u2013 earth-friendly! It\u2019s made of an alternative to regular plastic, which is compostable and a whole lot nicer to the earth than our tried-and-true TP habit. A product that makes your life easier, and helps to reduce your footprint? Yes, please!<\/p>\n

So say goodbye to the stress and the fuss that disposing of your products can cause \u2013 and say hello to a simplified process! We\u2019ve rounded up some quick and helpful tips to how to handle feminine product disposal:<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.11″ text_text_color=”#333333″]\n