Toxin-free, easy to use and eco-friendly: What's not to like about the Mooncup? | Jill Tunstall

Some undignified suction noises are a small price to pay. But I won't be emptying the blood on to my compost heapEvery year, in Britain alone, a staggering 1bn tampons and sanitary towels are used and disposed of - many ending up in the sewerage system.If that figure gives you a PMT-type headache consider this: the average woman - if such a woman exists - uses 11,000 sanitary items during her lifetime, spending around ?90 a year. Continue reading...