The disposal of sanitary pads in India is causing an environmental crisis due to their plastic content and lack of proper waste management. Approximately 121 million Indian women use sanitary napkins, resulting in 12.3 billion napkins and 113,000 tons of waste annually. The scarcity of incinerators and the inadequacy of small-scale incinerators contribute to the problem.
Though some startups offer innovative solutions like turning used pads into paper, most end up in landfills where waste pickers have to manually sort .
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