YORKSHIRE Water has teamed up with social enterprise Hey Girls to provide 20,000 reusable period packs to secondary schools in the region.
And Yorkshire Water’s education team has devised a programme which includes sessions on period health and wellbeing.
Spokesperson Nicola Shaw says: "The team developed a pilot scheme last year and the feedback from teachers and pupils was really positive. We wanted to extend this as part of our wider education programme, as we were quite shocked by the number of important school days lost due to period anxiety.
"Our association with Hey Girls will help us introduce pupils to plastic-free period products and encourage sustainable alternatives. This also reduces the number of period products being flushed away and potentially blocking the sewer network."
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