Everybody should have access to period products 🙌
In 2010, I moved to the UK to pursue a degree in Environmental Science. I got a job working in
My outlook changed when I started understanding more about environmental science. I noticed that all the period products contained plastic. That was the moment for me where I was like, "Okay. Why are we just using plastic? And why are there no alternatives? Why are there no beautiful-looking alternatives?"
In 2017, we launched a range of period pants in the market. When we registered for VAT, we reached out to HMRC and said, “Hey, look. When I'm trying to put the VAT on, I don't see period pants in any of the categories. Can you please add it to the menstrual products category because it is a menstrual product?”
We live in a developed country, where everybody should have access to period products. The government announced a £21 million fund a couple of years ago, which goes to schools and colleges. But, the people who bid for grants can only access pads and tampons because the government didn't seem to know of reusable period products' existence. After I re-wrote the tender and sent it back to the government, they eventually included reusable options.
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