Canada’s opportunity to lead on sustainable menstrual equity

Ending period poverty in this generation is 100 per cent achievable.

We’re still seeing statistics in 2023 that one in four Canadians have gone through a period without having products available to them, and one in three cannot afford menstrual products, write Linda Biggs, Leisa Hirtz, and Madeleine Shaw.Photograph by Marco Verch courtesy of Creative Commons licence CC BY 2.0 Deed

Opinion

BY LINDA BIGGS, LEISA HIRTZ, MADELEINE SHAW

October 30, 2023

Every year, more than 20 billion plastic pads, tampons, and applicators enter landfills and waterways in North America. Many of these products take more than 300 years to biodegrade.

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