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Development Economics: How Banana Plant Waste Is Turned Into Menstrual Pads

18th March 2022

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This Business Insider clip looks at how one innovative Indian firm is recycling banana plant waste into sanitary towels.

It's important, both from a waste point of view, but it will also increase female participation in the labour force, and at an even more basic level enhance female dignity by increasing the availability of sanitary products in India.

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