Our atmosphere and global warming

Our atmosphere and global warming

by Shagun Maheshwari in Periods and Environment

It is no secret that most human activity introduces greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. Transportation, agriculture, manufacturing…

 

The contribution of pads may not be a large part of this, but as it stands today – EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS!

 

We’re reducing the climate load of our pads in all stages of their life-cycle, from manufacturing to post-disposal decay.

 

Post-disposal decay:

 

Composting evaluation station comprised of an A/B tumbling composter, a flat “landfill simulator” tray, and a traditional home composting bin.

 

We made sure that our pads are not only plastic-free, but are able to compost if they reach a composting facility. We are aware that most pads will end up in simple landfills (where they usually get buried too quickly, preventing proper aerobic composting from take place) but if we do our part, we know that at least those pads will end up composted, which means they have a much reduced impact on the atmosphere.

 

We are working on even making them home-compostable! This is a more difficult challenge – anyone who’s composted at home knows that some compostable materials (think Avocado peels) take longer to compost, and we also know that home composting bins are relatively small… Stay tuned on this!

 

We are working on collaborations with composting companies – stay tuned on that too.

 

Manufacturing:

 

Did we mention that our core material is bio-sourced? Most plastics are by products of the petroleum industry, and have a large climatic footprint. Ours doesn’t.

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