Plastic Cardboard Tampon Applicator

Our applicator is entirely recyclable or compostable.

Plastic cardboard tampon applicator.

If you want more detailed instruction on. Making the switch to a cardboard applicator. Patent for tampons from 1929 included a design for a telescoping cardboard applicator tube. Others suggested stainless steel or even glass.

Cardboard applicators have been designed for. Grace green tampon applicators are made of 100 gots certified organic cotton and come with a specially designed cardboard applicator with a soft rounded tip for soft easy insertion. Some companies have introduced plant based applicators but these behave like plastic and do not biodegrade. Cardboard naturally has a more rigid feel to plastic so you need to be prepared for this difference.

The grace green essential collection was developed as a direct response to health and environmental concerns about plastic levels and concerns around dioxin pollution caused. There may be variations in size color and shape within these categories but they all function similarly. Applicators are the small tubes used to insert the tampon and place it inside the vagina. The first recorded u s.

Tampax regular tampons with cardboard applicator are for light to medium flow days during your period. Watch our video to learn the first step opening the wrapper. The construction for both types of applicator is essentially the same consisting of a larger tube holding the tampon itself with a smaller tube behind it to force the tampon out when pushed. But this is a minor adjustment.

The two main categories of tampon applicators are cardboard applicators and plastic applicators. The only difference is that as the name suggests the tampon comes without cardboard or plastic applicator to insert it into your vagina. They simply come without that applicator. Cardboard is the most eco friendly applicator a tampon can have.

Tampax tampons offer long lasting protection. The cardboard tampon applicator is one of the first applicators to be invented and is an applicator that is made out of cardboard that helps you insert your tampon. Tampax tampons have an absorbent core and a protective skirt for additional back up protection while their cardboard applicator features an anti slip grip for easy insertion. Now if you re new to cardboard applicators it s useful to be aware that they do not glide like a plastic applicator.

Non applicator tampons are exactly the same product. At blume we offer cardboard applicators that are rounded for easier insertion and are 100 biodegradable non threatening to your body and the planet.