This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Introduce free menstrual cups into schools & food banks to reduce envir. impact
What if we could tackle period poverty & the environmental impact of single use sanitary products?
No-one should need to chose between eating/attending school or personal hygiene.
By giving out free menstrual cups to women & girls in schools & food banks, this would no longer be an issue.
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The government have introduced free sanitary products to reduce period poverty but what if they could also reduce the environmental impact?
On average, 1 female will use around 11,000 tampons in their life, Which ends up in landfill/sea/beaches.
1 menstrual cup can last many years & would reduce sanitary waste that is created.
Menstrual cups are a safe an eco-friendly alternative to tampons & towels.
Its time to change the cycle of single use sanitary products.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/236651
Food banks aren't run by the UK Government or Parliament. You could start a new petition calling for the Government to provide free menstrual cups for anyone getting benefits instead if that is something you would to see happen.
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