Did companies give up trying to make pad and tampon disposal better?
Harry, I have spent a considerable amount of time on your history-of-menstruation Web site. I am doing some research on female sanitary products and have a number of questions that I am having trouble finding answers to. I was hoping you might be able to help me. About 20 years ago a number of companies (mostly in the U.S.A.) began developing products to assist women in the disposal of soiled sanitary products. They looked at a variety of bags and sheets to place or wrap soiled products in before placing them in the bin. It appears that this work stopped, and as far as I can ascertain, there is nothing on the market to help women with this issue. Those of us who choose not to flush soiled products are left to wrap them in toilet paper and dispose of them in a bin (I am interested in domestic disposal and therefore am not referring to public sanitary bins [see some bags provided in public toilets; see bags included in pad boxes]). I find this form of disposal both unhygienic and offensi
