Plastic Applicator Tampons

Environmental activist ella daish has created a giant tampon applicator as part of a protest against single use plastic.

Plastic applicator tampons.

Tampax ultrax has formfit protection which gently expands to fit your unique shape and smooth plastic applicator. 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. The piece is made out of period plastic found polluting beaches waterways. Tampax pearl tampons with plastic applicator regular absorbency 200 count unscented 50 count 36 36 0 18 1 count in stock.

Over the years however a handful of companies learned to make due using cardboard and other compostable materials to. Provides the strongest protection that tampax offers. Last year tampax sold 4 5 billion boxes and when you consider the design and packaging of the menstrual products you re left with a lot of unnecessary plastic from the applicator to the plastic bag covering the tampon.