For the last few academic years, The Students’ Union has worked hard to make sustainable period products more accessible to students by running a free sustainable period product trial. This trial gives the opportunity to all UWE Bristol students and staff to receive a free reusable period product of their choice. The aim of this project is to spread awareness of reusable and more sustainable period products, give students a risk-free opportunity to trial products and remove the barrier of cost.
The products available this year are: period pants, menstrual cups, reusable pads or a menstrual cup sterilising pot. You can read about each of these products and how to use/wash them here.
You can sign up to the trail via this link https://forms.office.com/e/PUtwqu6RNR OR if you have any further questions you can email su.community@uwe.ac.uk or come to one of our periods stalls.
For information on how the trial went in 2022-2023, please read our news article here.
Student feedback from previous trials:
"A brilliant way for students to access these sustainable products - I would not have been able to try them before due to having a student income"
"Sustainable period products have been game-changing for me. I am so happy to not contribute to more waste in this industry. Thanks for the opportunity!"
Two members of the sustainability committee have reviewed their experience of trying reusable underwear and menstrual cup, in this blog.