Why you should consider reusable cloth pads...
"An average woman will use and pay for some 4000+ disposable pads in her lifetime. That is a lot of your purse and a lot of landfill. So choosing to bleed on cloth over paper can make a massive difference. Don't like the eww factor? Ever had to wash a stain from your knickers? And the gross level was say, 1/10?
Well, the fact is, you are dealing with it anyway - its your blood and your already familiar with it. And what's more gross than washing your own pads, is the needless mountain high pile of your used pads sitting in landfill. Offensive still is the ongoing financial cost to you. Not to mention the environmental cost - bleaches, adhesives, wrappers, packaging, forest pulp, transport, carbon output, waste, the list goes on and on.
Disposables have only been around for 2 generations. Women the world over have historically used cloth, and it has only become a 'sanitised' man-made commercial enterprise recently. And they are still fudging trying to get it right.
Yes, modern cloth pads are an investment, but you will be set up for years and the saving you make will far outweigh your outlay. Heaps of rational sane woman are returning to this timeless method, whether it is for environmental, health or economical reasons, or just a decision to live more simply, wholesomely and self sufficiently.
Mense Sense cloth pads are effective, reliable waterproof, eco, funky, comfy, well designed with gorgeous flannels absorbent antimicrobial bamboo & professional waterproofer. They are easy to clean, and are more nurturing to your body, your soul, your purse and your planet. More women rave about cloth pads than they do about disposables.
So have a bloody good think about it. It makes sense"
- Judith Howell, Mense Sense
Well, the fact is, you are dealing with it anyway - its your blood and your already familiar with it. And what's more gross than washing your own pads, is the needless mountain high pile of your used pads sitting in landfill. Offensive still is the ongoing financial cost to you. Not to mention the environmental cost - bleaches, adhesives, wrappers, packaging, forest pulp, transport, carbon output, waste, the list goes on and on.
Disposables have only been around for 2 generations. Women the world over have historically used cloth, and it has only become a 'sanitised' man-made commercial enterprise recently. And they are still fudging trying to get it right.
Yes, modern cloth pads are an investment, but you will be set up for years and the saving you make will far outweigh your outlay. Heaps of rational sane woman are returning to this timeless method, whether it is for environmental, health or economical reasons, or just a decision to live more simply, wholesomely and self sufficiently.
Mense Sense cloth pads are effective, reliable waterproof, eco, funky, comfy, well designed with gorgeous flannels absorbent antimicrobial bamboo & professional waterproofer. They are easy to clean, and are more nurturing to your body, your soul, your purse and your planet. More women rave about cloth pads than they do about disposables.
So have a bloody good think about it. It makes sense"
- Judith Howell, Mense Sense
