You already recycle. You bring your own bags. You probably own at least one emotional-support water bottle.
And yet… every month, your bathroom trash can quietly fills up with plastic-wrapped, chemically-bleached, landfill-bound period products.
Not because you’re careless.
Because no one ever showed you a better way.
So let’s fix that gently, realistically, and without asking you to live in a yurt.
Welcome to the 7-Day Period Zero-Waste Challenge: a self-care-meets-sustainability glow-up for your cycle.
Day 1 - Meet Your Period Trash
Today’s mission: Become aware, not ashamed.
Open your bathroom trash can. Look inside.
Wrappers. Applicators. Pads. Plastic.
Most period products contain plastic and take hundreds of years to break down. That means your high school tampons are still haunting the Earth.
Today, just notice:
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How many products you use per cycle
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How much packaging comes with them
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What’s plastic vs paper
No changes yet just awareness. That’s how revolutions start.
Day 2 - Swap One Thing
You don’t have to go zero-waste overnight. You just have to start.
Today’s swap:
➡️ Replace one plastic-heavy item with a better option.
Examples:
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Switch from plastic-applicator tampons to organic, applicator-free ones
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Try an organic cotton pad instead of a plastic-backed one
This tiny change alone removes a surprising amount of trash.
Small swaps add up faster than you think.
Day 3 - Meet Your New Bestie: Organic Cotton
Here’s the wild truth:
Your vagina absorbs what you put inside it.
Conventional tampons can contain:
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Synthetic fibers
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Bleaching chemicals
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Fragrance residues
Organic cotton is:
✔️ Chemical-free
✔️ Biodegradable
✔️ Gentler on your body and the planet
Today, try using only organic products and notice:
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Less irritation
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Better comfort
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Less guilt in the trash can
Your body will quietly say thank you.
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