Plastic Cardboard Tampon Applicator

Cardboard is the most eco friendly applicator a tampon can have.

Plastic cardboard tampon applicator.

Cardboard applicators have been designed for. The two main categories of tampon applicators are cardboard applicators and plastic applicators. Patent for tampons from 1929 included a design for a telescoping cardboard applicator tube. The cardboard tampon applicator is one of the first applicators to be invented and is an applicator that is made out of cardboard that helps you insert your tampon.

Tampax tampons have an absorbent core and a protective skirt for additional back up protection while their cardboard applicator features an anti slip grip for easy insertion. They simply come without that applicator. Want to know how to insert a tampon with applicator. The grace green essential collection was developed as a direct response to health and environmental concerns about plastic levels and concerns around dioxin pollution caused.

The construction for both types of applicator is essentially the same consisting of a larger tube holding the tampon itself with a smaller tube behind it to force the tampon out when pushed. Watch our video to learn the first step opening the wrapper. Non applicator tampons are exactly the same product. Tampax tampons offer long lasting protection.

The only difference is that as the name suggests the tampon comes without cardboard or plastic applicator to insert it into your vagina. Applicators are the small tubes used to insert the tampon and place it inside the vagina. Grace green tampon applicators are made of 100 gots certified organic cotton and come with a specially designed cardboard applicator with a soft rounded tip for soft easy insertion. Now if you re new to cardboard applicators it s useful to be aware that they do not glide like a plastic applicator.

Making the switch to a cardboard applicator. Some companies have introduced plant based applicators but these behave like plastic and do not biodegrade. If you want more detailed instruction on. Our applicator is entirely recyclable or compostable.

There may be variations in size color and shape within these categories but they all function similarly. Susie hewson a veteran of the feminine hygiene industry and founder of the plastic applicator free tampon manufacturer natracare believes the switch from cardboard to plastic had more to do with. The first recorded u s. The difference is in the detail.

Tampax regular tampons with cardboard applicator are for light to medium flow days during your period. Others suggested stainless steel or even glass.