Money spent on sanitary pads in 10 years is ₹12000-45000
A woman uses 10-15 sanitary pads per period x 12 months x 35 yrs> = appx 6000 disposable sanitary pads in a lifetime!
Most of the sanitary waste is disposed in open landfills in unsanitary conditions
For safe disposal, sanitary napkin waste needs to incinerated at temperatures > 800˚C