https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/seven-ways-to-green-your-period/ The expert help you need to live the greener, healthier life you want. Sun, 14 Feb 2016 06:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/seven-ways-to-green-your-period/#comment-2082 Sun, 14 Feb 2016 06:49:00 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/seven-ways-to-green-your-period/#comment-2082 […] Tampon applicators – No judgement here if tampons are your preferred menstrual care method. Consider these alternative ways to green your period. […]

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/seven-ways-to-green-your-period/#comment-1293 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 14:03:47 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/seven-ways-to-green-your-period/#comment-1293 I use Natracare tampons and feel great about it as there aren’t any pesticides and other harmful carcinogens. My only qualm is the applicator–it is very uncomfortable to insert and the plastic applicator of traditional companies is much more comfortable. Although I won’t go back to the carcinogen-filled applicators of my younger days, I can understand others’ remarks on the discomforts of Natracare applicators. I’m surprised the company doesn’t invest in R&D for plastic-feeling, biodegradable applicators…maybe potato starch ones?! Just a thought =)

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/seven-ways-to-green-your-period/#comment-1292 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 04:26:36 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/seven-ways-to-green-your-period/#comment-1292 I use cloth menstral pads from gladrags and happy heiney’s. I have found washing them is not that hard. I put the used pads in a bucket and sprinkle them with borox to keep the smell down. I wait til my period is over to wash them. Then I rinse them in cold water, and do a double wash where they soak in my Charlie’s laundry soap, borox and oxyclean. When I have travelled, I have kept the used pads in a ziploc bag and then washed them when I got home and it worked great.

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/seven-ways-to-green-your-period/#comment-1291 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 01:27:12 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/seven-ways-to-green-your-period/#comment-1291 Great article. You had some great information i personally use cloth pads & a cup. both work AWESOME!

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/seven-ways-to-green-your-period/#comment-1290 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:39:51 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/seven-ways-to-green-your-period/#comment-1290 Thank you for publishing this important and informative article! I encourage all who wish to know more about what we put in our bodies to check out http://www.letstalkperiod.com, do their homework, and pick the best option for them. Those wishing to try out an organic product can download a coupon from the site.

]]> https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/seven-ways-to-green-your-period/#comment-1289 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:19:14 +0000 https://www.newsite.biggreenpurse.com/seven-ways-to-green-your-period/#comment-1289 Thanks for the article! With all the concentration on reducing waste from babies disposable diapers and such, people often forget how much trash we ladies have to make. I love my menstrual cup. At $38 it was hard to make the leap, not knowing if it would work for me and my very heavy cycle, but it did and I’m happy I made the switch, and in the long run I’ve more than made up the cost of the cup. It can be messy to insert, but no messier than tampons without applicators. I still need to wear a backup liner, even with the cup, but it holds much more than a tampon and doesn’t have to be changed as often. I haven’t made the leap to reusable pads yet, but I do buy the natracare biodegradeable pads. I wish they were stickier, but that’s my only complaint about them.

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