让我们谈谈塑料吧-We need to talk about period plastic_480p

all plastic from period products


my name's ella i'm an environmental


activist and founder of the end period


plastic campaign i was working a regular


day


job as a postal worker for royal mail


while i was out delivering letters and


parcels i began to notice the amount of


waste being thrown away


each week was increasing you might be


thinking


why period products what's so bad about


them that the fifth


most common item found polluting


europe's beaches


they're more commonly found than straws


or coffee cups


tampons and pads are made in their


billions are used for four to eight


hours


are disposed of and can then take over


500 years


to break down my campaign calls on


manufacturers


and supermarkets to take responsibility


and bring about change by removing


plastic from their


period products the campaign is leading


to significant changes


in the period industry three uk


retailers removing plastic tampon


applicators


from their products saving over 17 tons


of plastic


each year