The Earth is what we all have in common. It’s our collective responsibility to protect and take care of mother nature. Keeping this thought in mind, these days everyone is talking about switching to biodegradable products. But, why do we need to switch? What is wrong with existing products? The majority of our products are made from products that are non-degradable.

Non-degradable product means they take years to decompose or they do not decompose at all or after being decomposed they leave behind toxic waste. For example, a plastic bag takes nearly 100 years to decompose. But as per statistics only 9% of the plastic are recycled rest pile up in landfills or end in oceans. After the plastic is decomposed after so many years it morphs into toxic microplastics.

These non-biodegradable products are not just polluting soil but it is found that 9 out of 10 seabirds carry undigested plastic in their stomachs. In fact, even during production of plastic bottles requires 1.5 million barrels of oil every year, more oil to transport them post-manufacturing.

So, an eco-friendly product is less harmful to the environment. And if we start switching to eco-friendly products, we can definitely reduce the pollution levels.

 So genuine eco-friendly products can impact our lives in several ways.

1. Carbon footprint – A carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas emissions caused by an individual, event, organization, service, or product, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent. The carbon footprint of plastic (LDPE or PET, polyethene) is about 6 kg CO₂ per kg of plastic. If you know the weight of your plastic bags, you can multiply it by the number of plastic bags you are using per year. Then you can easily calculate the carbon dioxide emitted by your own usage of plastic bags. So, to save the world from increasing global warming switch to Eco-friendly products.
2. Not resource intensive – Organic cotton’s carbon footprint is 46% than that of conventional cotton and it requires 62% less energy to produce, which is far lesser than our existing methods of using plastic materials.
3. Can be recycled – Stainless steel bottles, reusable sandwich bags, upcycled handbags etc can be reused again and again in our daily lifestyle. Thus, bringing down the amount of total waste generated.
4. Bio-degradable sanitary napkins – Conventional sanitary pads contain up to 90% plastic and other petrochemical by-products which remain unchanged in the landfill for around 600-800 years after disposal. So, sanitary napkins made from bio-degradable materials like cotton, sugarcane pulp or corn starch are easily decomposed in the environment. Bio-degradable pads decompose within 2 years or less being kind to the environment.
5. Durability – Products that are made from steel are made to sustain for a longer duration. So, a durable product can be reused again and again before it gives up. Later, can be recycled or left in the garbage.

It is unlikely to go wrong with using Bio-degradable and eco-friendly products, as they reduce pollution and also making it safe for the environment and sustainable for our future generations to live better.

Buy Staygreen Pads for healthy and happy periods and help yourself as well as the environment.