Order Summary
Where do period products really end up?
Landfill
56% of period products in the UK end up in landfill. Disposal of single use period products generates 200,000 tonnes of waste in the UK every year, where they can take up to 500 years to degrade.
Waterways
30% of period products in the UK are flushed. This generates 3.4 tonnes of microplastics, much of which end up in our waterways.
Incineration
14% of period products are the UK is burnt in incinerators. This is the second dirtiest form of energy, second only to coal.
By switching, together we have saved:
Market-leading period pads: 90% plastic. Ours? Microplastic free. With Fluus, we can rid it from our planet and underwear.
2183904,
bags worth of plastic
Most period waste will hang around in landfill for over 500 years. Our pad is gone in a flush.
13103, kg
period waste from landfill