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What’s a Menstrual Cup? (& Other ZW Period Queries)

What’s a Menstrual Cup? (& Other ZW Period Queries)

Ever find yourself wondering what a menstrual cup is, exactly? Want to zero-wastify your monthly cycle but don’t know how?

The average woman uses 22 disposable tampons or pads per cycle, or 264 products per year. Assuming a woman menstruates for 35 years, she will throw away a whopping 9,240 single-use menstrual products in  her lifetime. 

On this week’s episode I identify six (amazing) reusable menstrual products on the market right now. I also bring you a conversation with co-founder of The Sustainable Period Project Carol Morris whose initiative provides every secondary school in both Australia and New Zealand with sustainable menstrual kits for educational purposes.

 

Here’s a preview of today’s episode:

[06:26] Why disposable menstrual products are terrible (and exactly why they’re unnecessary!)

[09:27] Cost savings attributed to reusable over single-use

[ 13:22] The low-down on six of the best reusable menstrual products on the market

[26:52 ] Common menstrual cup criticisms and how to get over them

[31:15] The Sustainable Period Project’s mission and future goals

 

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Did you know? The average woman throws away 9,240 single-use tampons or pads in her lifetime. Worse, all that waste is entirely preventable. Inside: the low-down on 6 zero-waste options for every woman, including menstrual cups, menstrual discs, sea sponges, reusable pads, and more.

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New things are everywhere—and they’re causing us to disconnect from what we value most.

In a world that constantly tells us that new is better, our relentless pursuit of material wealth is costing us money, time and happiness. Worse, when we define ourselves by what we own rather than who we are, we reduce our lives to a single, superficial dimension.

On today’s show, New York Times journalist Eric Athas offers advice for stepping away from the cycle of constant buying, saying no to shallowness, and discovering the right kind of “new” in our lives.

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[8:00] We're wired to become bored the familiar, and other truths to newness

[16:00] Consumption has costs! (In fact, it robs us of our finite attention, dilutes our capacity for genuine enjoyment, and misaligns our pursuit of happiness.)

[26:00] Musings on the ways in which overconsumption leads to superficiality

[37:00] Put down the trinket! Redefining what it means to experience novelty, growth, and freshness without relying on a transaction

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