Girls… how far are you willing to go to truly be “green?”

Ok, I’m going to do this one carefully…

Some will cringe, but this is a legit topic and concern.  (Boys without sisters, I don’t suggest reading further…)

I was sent this link yesterday .  An exerpt:

“There are 85 million women of menstruating age in North America. Conservative estimates are that the average woman disposes of between 10,000 and 15,000 tampons, pads and applicators in her lifetime. That’s about 250 to 300 pounds of waste per woman.

Waste consultant Franklin Associates reports that 13.5 billion pads and 6.5 billion tampons, plus their packaging, ended up in landfills or sewage systems in 1998. In the United States and Canada alone, more than 12 billion pads and tampons are tossed annually.”

Whoa.

So, I will spare you the details here, but click on the link to read his suggestions for us, ladies, on how to “menstruate green.”  Among them are reusable pads and the use of a “wet bag” to keep the used ones in until you can get them home to wash them.  (Yes, he is serious.)

As my colleague said, “How would you explain that to airport security?”

QUESTION:  Ladies, are you willing to follow thru with his suggestions to be green? Do you think one day there won’t be an option?