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We're supporting a Period Dignity Community Initiative in partnership with social enterprise Hey Girls. The project addresses period poverty and plastic waste by providing free reusable plastic-free period products to Belfast residents aged 16 and over. The free period packs are made from organic cotton and OEKO-TEX bamboo.
As part of a pilot, the products were initially provided in council-owned facilities. The opportunity to share the products was then extended to social supermarkets, foodbanks and other community and voluntary sector partners.
If you live in Belfast, you can sign up to get free reusable, non-plastic period products.
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Every year, the disposal of single-use menstrual products like tampons, pads and applicators generates 200,000 tonnes of waste in the UK.
Single-use menstrual products usually contain plastic. Some can be made of up to 90 per cent plastic.
Each household in Belfast produces almost four kilograms of hygiene product waste on average every year. This waste goes straight to landfill.
Reusable period products are better for the environment than single-use products, which often contain large amounts of plastic.
You wash and reuse your reusable period products, rather than single-use products going to landfill.
This can also save money on period products. Recent research shows periods can cost a person up to £492 a year.
The scheme is open to all residents living in the Belfast City Council area. You can order these free products from the Hey Girl's website (link opens in new window). Orders will be processed on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Read our privacy notice for this scheme.
Belfast City Council and Hey Girls are working together to deliver free, reusable period products to people who menstruate. To participate, you must be aged 16 years or over and reside within the Belfast City Council area.
Belfast City Council is the Data Controller under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) for the personal data it gathers for the purposes of administering and managing your application for the reusable, period product scheme.
The council accepts that you are providing your personal data on the basis of consent and are positively agreeing for the council to hold and further use it.
The personal data may be shared internally within the council with staff who are involved in administering and managing the reusable period product scheme. It will also be shared with Hey Girls who have been appointed by the council to deliver the reusable period scheme. Your personal data will not be shared or disclosed to any other council department or external organisation without your consent, unless the law permits or places an obligation on the council to do so.
The personal data is held and stored by the council in a safe and secure manner and in compliance with Data Protection legislation and in line with the council’s Records Retention and Disposal Schedule.
If you have any queries regarding the processing of your personal data or wish to withdraw your consent to the processing of it, contact wasteeducation@belfastcity.gov.uk.
If you wish to contact the council’s Data Protection Officer, write to Belfast City Council, City Hall Belfast, BT1 5GS or email dataprotection@belfastcity.gov.uk.
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