Plastic Tampon Applicator Stuck

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Plastic tampon applicator stuck.

Our organic cotton tampons are toxin free and sustainable. More than 88 percent of the estimated 1 1 billion worth of tampons sold in 2015 had plastic applicators. The best way to remove a tampon is to pull it out. Suggest remedy for pain due to plastic applicator being stuck above the tampon md my daughter has just returned from a school trip during her time away she used a tampon with a plastic applicator on half of which became stuck inside her above the tampon.

Environmental activist ella daish has created a giant tampon applicator as part of a protest against single use plastic. You will have to put you thumb and finger in to try to grip the end of the actual tampon if the string is nowhere to be found failing that maybe go to hospital i know it s embarrassing but they deal with problems all the time. Asda and boots own brand tampon ranges as well as superdrug s standard range use biodegradable paper applicator tubes and recyclable packaging but plastic can be found once again. Tampons come wrapped in plastic encased in plastic applicators with plastic strings dangling from one end and many even include a thin layer of plastic in the absorbent part.

If a tampon causes a clog inside your toilet bowl plunging the toilet will only push it farther down the drain where it can cause a more serious problem. Attempting to break it apart with a snake not advisable either because even in pieces a tampon can clog in the waste line. The piece is made out of period plastic found polluting beaches. In the war against plastic waste tampons must be the next target celia pool is the co founder of dame a start up crowdfunding the world s first reusable tampon applicator tampons and sanitary.

So why are tampon companies hell bent on making applicators out of ocean polluting plastic.