How Businesses Can Support Sustainable Menstrual Practices
Sustainability isn't just about solar panels and recycling bins—it’s about every detail of how your business operates, including how you support menstrual care in your workplace or venue.
It’s time to shine a spotlight on sustainable period practices—because flushing products down the loo, overflowing bins, and plastic-packed pads shouldn’t be the norm. And with more consumers and employees demanding greener, more inclusive spaces, the need for change has never been clearer.
Here’s how your business can be part of the solution.
1. Rethink Disposal: Stop the Flush
Let’s start with the flushing habit.
In the UK, 2.5 million tampons and 1.4 million pads are flushed every day.
The result?
🚽 Blocked plumbing
🌊 Ocean pollution
🐟 Microplastics harming marine life
Businesses can take the lead by breaking the flushing habit—not with posters or shame, but by providing better options.
The solution: FabLittleBag
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Clean, discreet and hygienic disposal bags
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Made from sustainable sugarcane, cornstarch & recycled materials
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One-handed use, even in tight spaces
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Perfect for workplaces, hotels, gyms and schools
Providing FabLittleBag in dispensers or personal kits helps staff and customers dispose of products responsibly—and easily.
2. Provide Sustainable Period Products
If your business supplies period products (yay, you!), go one step further by choosing organic, plastic-free alternatives. Conventional pads and tampons often contain up to 90% plastic, synthetic chemicals and fragrance.
Choose products that are:
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Made with organic cotton or bamboo
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Free from synthetic dyes, bleach and perfumes
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Wrapped in biodegradable packaging
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Ethically sourced
Whether you're a hotel, office, gym or retailer—sustainable stock speaks volumes about your values.
3. Make Menstrual Hygiene Inclusive & Accessible
Sustainability isn't just environmental—it's also about creating a culture of care.
That means:
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Bins in every toilet, including accessible and gender-neutral ones
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Free products in staff bathrooms and public washrooms
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No more whispering or hiding supplies in coat sleeves
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Offering products for different flows and body types
When people feel supported in managing their period, they’re more confident, productive, and positive about your space.
4. Become a Period Supportive Business
The easiest way to implement all of the above? Join the Period Supportive Movement.
FabLittleBag partners with businesses, gyms, schools and organisations that want to offer:
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Thoughtful, planet-friendly disposal
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Product accessibility
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A cleaner, more inclusive experience for staff, customers and guests
Members gain access to:
✔ Discounted sustainable period products
✔ FabLittleBag dispensers and refill options
✔ A welcome pack and promotional assets
✔ Ongoing support to keep your space inclusive and eco-conscious
Small Changes, Big Impact
Your business doesn’t need to overhaul everything to make a difference.
Start by:
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Swapping bins for FabLittleBag dispensers
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Offering sustainable pads or tampons
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Educating your team about period-friendly facilities
Because sustainable menstrual care isn't just good for the planet—it's good for people and for business.
Want to Get Started?
Explore our range of eco-friendly period care essentials and join the growing number of businesses binning the stigma—and the waste.