Reusable Sanitary and Incontinence Aid Study

You can view the executive summary and full report in the documents section.

In Australia, approximately 660 million disposable nappies, sanitary and incontinence products go to landfill each year, accounting for between 5 to 15 per cent of all household waste sent to landfill.

We undertook a feasibility study into local government reusable sanitary and incontinence programs, alongside six other councils.

We wanted to:

• better understand how we can help reduce the volume of disposable sanitary and incontinence products sent to landfill
• encourage cost effective and environmentally friendly sanitary and incontinence product choices.

We invited you to share your experience with sanitary/incontinence products by taking part in a survey, to identify:

• what type of sanitary/incontinence product do you use(d)
• whether you’re aware that there are reusable alternatives to disposable sanitary/incontinence products
• if you have used reusable sanitary/incontinence products or would like to know more.

This project was supported by the Recycling Victoria Councils Fund and delivered by Sustainability Victoria, on behalf of the Victorian Government.

Further information

If you would like to find out more about the Reusable Sanitary and Incontinence Aid Study, please contact our Waste Education team on 1300 88 22 33 or by email: waste.education@maroondah.vic.gov.au.