Development of environmental friendly menstrual absorbents

Fashion technology

Girls' bodies undergo considerable physiological changes during menstruation, a natural biological occurrence. Various menstrual hygiene products are utilized during these times to maintain good cleanliness. Recently, many awareness campaigns have been launched to improve women's menstrual hygiene. Additionally, these items' contains absorbents that lead to improper disposal and lack of degradability result in some harm to the environment. In order to make hygiene products more affordable and environmentally beneficial, emphasis is placed on using naturally occurring absorbent fibres, such as organic cotton, banana fibre, jute, bamboo, and others that are readily available, biodegradable, and have low carbon footprints. The invention of menstruation absorbents using pure bamboo and banana fibres, two different fibrous compositions, is the subject of this work. The absorbing, swelling, absorbency of the materials' physical attributes and performances are to be tested to prove this invention.

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