WHAT HAPPENS TO A. SANITARY PAD. AFTER YOU THROW IT AWAY?. 

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A 100% biodegradable redesign of menstrual care

Waste tomorrow. Comfort today. Menstrual care is essential. The waste it creates should not be.. 

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Menstrual care is essential. The waste it creates should not be.

Millions rely on sanitary pads every day, but their end-of-life impact creates a growing environmental and health challenge.

Conventional pads may contain polymeric materials that persist after disposal.

Superabsorbent materials provide high fluid uptake but are not designed to biodegrade rapidly.

Changing packaging alone does not solve the end-of-life challenge.

REDESIGN THE MATERIALS — NOT JUST THE PACKAGING

SO WE ASKED A DIFFERENT QUESTION. Can we redesign the pad🌿. 

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The answer begins with agricultural biomass.

Cellulose phosphate becomes the bio Derived absorbent core.

Rice straw, banana fibre and other biomass streams

Purified cellulose is converted into a functional biopolymer

Functionality improves interaction with aqueous fluids

A porous, lightweight absorbent structure is engineered

THE NEW PAD. from the beginning.. Designed to be biodegradable. 

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Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory or probiotic formulations

Rapid fluid transfer and even distribution

Bio-derived, high absorption and retention

CP replaces conventional petroleum-derived SAP

But the pad is only the beginning. One biodegradable material platform can support multiple intimate-care products.. 

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One biodegradable material platform can support multiple intimate-care products.

Develop functional menstrual-care formats for targeted vulvovaginal candidiasis and bacterial vaginosis subject to formulation, safety, and clinical validation.

Adapt the absorbent platform for higher fluid-load postpartum applications and specialized product formats.

Develop compatible soothing formulations for reducing discomfort associated with menstrual and intimate-care use.

FROM A PAD → TO A BIODEGRADABLE INTIMATE CARE PLATFORM

WHY THIS. MATTERS. Does not biodegrade easily. WHAT HAPPENS TO A. 

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Replace persistent components with bio-derived, biodegradable alternatives.

Build a platform capable of more than absorption.

WASTE Design the product around a lower-impact end of life. TODAY Pads persist in landfills for years.
 TOMORROW Designed to break down naturally.

 79.3% biodegradation after 92 days (Indigenous pad, soil-burial study)


 87% lower GWP (straw material pathway, LCA)


 72% lower fossil resource depletion 0.38 vs 1.39 kg oil-eq (straw material pathway, LCA)

 Carbon footprint comparison
 Parameter CO₂e per pad CO₂e per 5,000 pads/day CO₂e per 125,000 pads/month CO₂e per year* Reduction (%) Commercial pad 175 kg/day 4,375 kg/month 52.5 tonnes/year

 125 kg/day 3,125 kg/month 37.5 tonnes/year
 28.6% lower annual carbon footprint compared to conventional pads.

 A typical person uses 5,000 - 15,000 single-use sanitary pads in her lifetime,

 generating a lifetime carbon footprint of roughly 300 - 360 kg of CO₂ equivalents.




 2.2 vs 16.6 kg CO₂-eq Indigenous Pad 28.6% ~35 g ~25 g

THE FUTURE OF MENSTRUAL & INTIMATE CARE. greener pad.. 

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A new generation of biodegradable,  functional menstrual and intimate-care products.

A completely indigenous pad with all the layers in our lab

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