Used sanitary feminine napkins are usually considered as residual waste and end up in dumpsites and sewages. However, they can be composted since its main components are wood pulp and nonwoven cotton, which are compostable materials. As an all-girl’s school, Miriam College is faced with an everyday generation of used feminine napkins from mainly its Middle School, High School and College units. Based on a student population of about 3,800 females in the High School and College levels, it was estimated by a survey conducted in early 2004, that an average of 38,000 napkins are disposed of in the campus every month. However, the subsequent collection of used sanitary napkins indicated that the rate of generation was actually much lower, as students were initially thought to be in the campus five days a week; however, a closer actual inspection showed that students were not present in the campus on an everyday basis and, therefore, did not generate the initially estimated amount of used sanitary napkins.
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