India does not have a good impression on our Chinese, which is our general understanding, probably because of the fatalism of the dispute between the eldest and the second most populous country, or because the American brothers often clash with us, so it is normal to have a bad view of India
Today we do not talk about the Ganges water, do not talk about the strange customs of India, talk about something different, to praise them, in India, women's general social status is relatively low
So their personal hygiene problems are relatively backward, before there is a special movie about Indian sanitary napkins called "Indian Partner",
No country has made sanitary napkins to make movies, which can illustrate the twists and turns of this matter, and today we will understand the story of the realistic version of India that turned banana trees into sanitary napkins.
India is the country with the most bananas grown in the world, because its climate is very suitable for planting, which has a problem, a lot of banana trees may be wasted, Indian merchant sathi saw business opportunities, made them into sanitary napkins and thus made a lot of money,
As for why sanitary napkins were chosen, it was because the use of sanitary napkins in India was very low, with only one-third of women in India using them in 2015. Women's menstrual periods are inherently painful, and if safe and hygienic products are not available, their health will be threatened
So the company's employees are proud of this, and the money they earn solves the health problems of many women, in fact, it also pulls the farmers who grow bananas, so that they can sell the aging trees for money
According to the company's developers, a banana tree can produce more than 3,000 pads.
Therefore, after the banana harvest, many farmers will go to their own banana fields to clean up these trees, and the development team wants to make innovations on this basis, so it is constantly improving the technology
Researchers also often go to the field to see the raw materials, in fact, the company also made the fibers of banana trees into fertilizer, and the sap in the trees was also used to make candy.
This kind of complete transformation of waste into treasure, all of which they have developed and researched themselves for many years, earned money to drive the local economy and protect the environment, and the government naturally supports it.
Let's take a look at the whole process of their production,
The first step is to cut the banana tree into pieces by machine
In the second step, the worker strips the useful part
In the third step, the stripped part is put into the machine piece by section for special treatment to become a fiber
The fourth step is to wash these fibers and hang them for drying
These sun-dried fibers are further processed, and the above four steps are the steps of the raw material part
Many of these small workshop-type factories are in the countryside, in order to digest the local materials locally, and the fibers are prepared and then transported together to the main factory, which can reduce transportation costs
The residue from which the fibers are extracted can be used as fertilizer, and the juice from the production process can be used to make sugar
It's a commercial closed loop, where trees are processed into fertilizer and then fed back to farmers, and the fibers are grouped together and transported to factories, where they are first cut into small pieces by machine
Then it is to use the machine to make small pieces of fiber into fluff, and these conversion processes are trade secrets, which they develop and research independently, so there is no detailed production process
What we see can only be the result of the finished product. These fluffs are then machine-pressed into the shape of a wash pad of a sanitary napkin
After that, these cotton pads are put into the mold and pressed to be the finished sanitary napkins, and each batch of sanitary napkins must be tested in the laboratory to test whether they are qualified with red ink
The adhesive cloth used in the pad is disinfected, and after the pad is ready, a separate disinfection work is carried out, and the final work is that the workers will package the disinfected pad
Because the material of these pads is plant fiber, it is more environmentally friendly and no plastic is degradable.
Traditional pads are basically made of plastic, if a population like India uses them.
The amount of garbage generated is immeasurable, and the developers say that if the pads were buried, it would break down in 3-6 months
Sathi's products are sold in pharmacies and online in specialty stores
In order to open up the market, they are all promotions to buy a box and get a few free
And in order to open up the market for people to get used to, they will also give it to rural locals for free
Specially made canvas bags are delivered locally, and hygiene lectures are given to women to have a better understanding of the care of their own menstrual cycles
Since 2010, the use of sanitary napkins in India has soared, and many streets will appear with such warning graffiti, which is actually an awakening of women's rights in India
If you cooperate with the previously mentioned movie "Indian Partner", you can understand the menstrual cycle of Indian women
How difficult it is, in fact, in China, many people have a lot of prejudices about women's physiological cycles.
Many people shy away from it, men may feel ashamed of buying sanitary napkins for their girlfriends, and women may have mood swings when they go through that process, because men have not experienced it so it is difficult to understand
I hope that this video will not only bring you novelty, but also see the advantages of the latest technology in other countries, and also pay more care and attention to women