The manufacturing and bleaching process of sanitary pads have the potential to create for dioxin which has both health and environmental impacts.

From a health perspective, many women experience discomfort, infection, and in some cases, are stricken with cancer.

“I don’t want to contribute 40 years of garbage to a landfill just to manage something that shouldn’t even be seen as a problem,” she says. “It seems like something we should have a little more control of by now. I don't want to have that kind of burden on the planet.”