IF WE EMBRACE CIRCULAR ECONOMY TO DISPOSE OF SANITARY NAPKINS, CAN WE EMPOWER WOMEN WHILE REDUCING IMPACT ON THE PLANET?

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Out of the 355 million menstruating women in India, 52.8% change their absorbents in overused and unhygienic public toilets where they deal with disgust and are exposed to heightened risk of UTIs. Moreover, the sanitary waste generated by each woman either ends up in landfills, where it takes 500 years to decompose, or in incinerators where it releases carcinogens like dioxins and furans.

PadCare Labs has developed an automated hygiene management system that generates harmless, recyclable output out of used sanitary napkins. Through a multi-step chemo-mechanical process, it breaks down absorbent sanitary waste into two by-products - cellulose and plastic. This output can be recycled for different applications including packaging material, plastic bricks & RDF pellets. 

Their breakthrough product, PadCare Central Processing Unit can process up to 3000 pads in a day via a novel patent-pending 5D technology. The 5Ds are - Disinfection, Deodorization, Decolorization, Disintegration & Deactivation of SAP.

The disinfection, deodorization, and decolorization processes are carried out via an organic consumable called PadCare CytoSlay, which provides up to 6 log (>99.99%) bacterial reduction and is tested as per the WHO standard. ​

Their at-source disposal appliance PadCare Bins are secured, sensor-based collection units for at source collection, which provide 100% bacterial lock & deodorization. The PadCare Bin’s includes our patent-pending PadCare Vap which provides bacterial lock & deodorization. The collection bin can be stored up to 30 pads for 3-4 weeks without any odor and bacterial growth. PadCare bin's are connected with a centralized system.

                           Padcare Labs  joined the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab in 2021