Submitted on Sunday 2nd June 2019
Rejected on Monday 1st July 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Introduce free menstrual cups into schools & food banks to reduce envir. impact
What if we could tackle period poverty & the environmental impact of single use sanitary products?
No-one should need to chose between eating/attending school or personal hygiene.
By giving out free menstrual cups to women & girls in schools & food banks, this would no longer be an issue.
The government have introduced free sanitary products to reduce period poverty but what if they could also reduce the environmental impact?
On average, 1 female will use around 11,000 tampons in their life, Which ends up in landfill/sea/beaches.
1 menstrual cup can last many years & would reduce sanitary waste that is created.
Menstrual cups are a safe an eco-friendly alternative to tampons & towels.
Its time to change the cycle of single use sanitary products.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/236651
Food banks aren't run by the UK Government or Parliament. You could start a new petition calling for the Government to provide free menstrual cups for anyone getting benefits instead if that is something you would to see happen.
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