Stories of menstrual waste: policy and education I

What do we actually know about the waste that has emerged with the mass proliferation of disposable menstrual products since the 1950s? In this series, seven interviews provide very different insights around the topic of menstrual waste. In this episode, we ask Larissa Copello from the NGO “Zero Waste Europe” what the main problems with disposable menstrual products are and how they could be solved. She tells us about the basics of her work and the "Bloody Manifesto". Moreover, she poses the question: what would change if men could menstruate?

• Interview with Larissa Copello (Consumption & Production Campaigner), Zero Waste Europe, Brussels, Belgium.
• Idea and interview: Franka Schneider & Dr. Jana Wittenzellner, Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz.
• Film: Theo Thiesmeier, Berlin.