biodegradable

Whether it’s the styrofoam plate you eat from at a wedding, or the plastic lunchbox your kid carries to school, or the disposable cutlery you use when the maid does not come to do the washing — your tableware choices affect the environment. But there is one woman who is fighting the plastic menace with an innovative business idea.

A team from MIT has come up with the perfect solution to the problem of bad menstrual hygiene in rural India - Saathi Sanitary Pads. These pads are 100% biodegradable, and are mostly made of banana fibre.