• Dr. Yogendra Kumar Saxena
• Dr. Sonal Wankhede
• Dr. Ranu C. Verma
• Shri P. Jagan

Abstract: Worldwide Production of plastics is more than 300 million tons each year and half of which is for Single Use Plastic (SUP) items. SUP items are generated from non-renewable resources takes a lot of time to decay naturally. Such plastic is also used in sanitary pad napkin on large scale. Most of these sanitary napkins have over approximate 60-70 per cent plastic and each pad is equivalent to four plastic bags. The discarding process of such plastic pads has become a huge concern. Although, some biodegradable sanitary pad brands are available in market, they are quite expensive and not easily available. In the present research paper focus has been given on the issue of non-biodegradability of commercial sanitary pads and proposed a study to develop a method for plastic free compostable sanitary napkin which will evaluate as affordable eco-friendly sanitary napkin and an alternative of plastic frees sanitary napkins. The product prepared was analysed for the basic parameters of conformity as per the standard IS: 5405-1980 and was found satisfactory with respect to all studied parameters.This research would lead to future development of an affordable good quality compostable pad contributing no SUP load in the environment.

Sanitary napkin; SUP;Environment friendly; Sustainable material; Compostable

"Removal of Single Use Plastic (SUP) in Sanitary Napkin", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 3, page no.h631-h636, March-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2303784.pdf

"Removal of Single Use Plastic (SUP) in Sanitary Napkin", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 3, page no. pph631-h636, March-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2303784.pdf