Wen raises awareness of hidden plastic and toxic chemicals in conventional menstrual products and promotes more sustainable and healthier reusable and organic options.
Environmenstrual
Facts and Stats
Menstrual pads can contain up to 90% plastic
What Wen is doing
Environmenstrual campaign
Wen is campaigning to make healthy, eco-friendly period products available to all. Supported by over 90 organisations and activists, Wen educates people about hidden plastic and toxic chemicals in some menstrual products and promotes reusable and organic disposable options.
environmenstrual week
Environmenstrual Week is a week of action, which takes place in October. It’s a week to celebrate all things periods! The Environmenstrual Week Action Toolkit gives lots of ideas on how to get involved.
Environmenstrual coalition
Wen is building a coalition of organisations and businesses that want to improve the availability and access of sustainable menstrual products in the UK to enable women and people with periods to manage their periods without harming their health or the environment.
Environmenstrual Ambassadors
Wen has trained Environmenstrual Ambassadors to deliver Environmenstrual education nationally to young people and community groups.
Period Education
Wen runs Environmenstrual workshops in schools, colleges and universities. The workshops explore the pros and cons of disposable and reusable menstrual products, including their health and environmental impacts, allowing participants to make an informed choice about which menstrual products to use.
find out more
environmenstrual WEEK
Find out about Environmenstrual Week between the 20th – 24th of October 2025 with ideas on how to get involved.
menstrual act now
Pledge your support for the creation of a Menstrual Health, Dignity and Sustainability Act in the UK
money off codes
We have discount codes for menstrual cups, washable pads and organic tampons!
REDUCE, REUSE, YOUR CYCLE CAMPAIGN
Find out about our partnership with North London Waste Authority
MENSTRUATION: EMPOWERMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY (MENSY)
Find out about our new Erasmus funded project called “Menstruation: Empowerment and Sustainability”(MENSY)
SEEING RED
Read our Seeing Red briefing, examining plastic and harmful chemicals in period products, waste, health and more.
PERIOD EDUCATION
Wen is training secondary school teachers and council staff to deliver unbiased period education.
meet our ambassadors
Find out what our Environmenstrual Ambassadors do.
JOIN the coalition
Are you an organisation that wants to improve the availability of sustainable menstrual products in the UK?
KEEP UP TO DATE
Keep up to date on all the latest environmenstrual campaign news. We will send you information from time to time about new updates and Environmenstrual Week each October.
