Becoming a member of different main metropolises, Mexico Metropolis (CDMX) legislated bans on single-use plastic in response to the rising air pollution disaster. In contrast to different cities which have centered on gadgets corresponding to buying baggage, consuming straws, and consuming utensils, CDMX’s ban comes written in a approach that bans all single-use plastic, beginning in 2021. This broad prohibition on single-use plastic additionally consists of tampon applicators, ensuing within the female hygiene product being unavailable all through town of 20 million folks.

The ensuing absence of tampons inside the metropolis has incited controversy over the single-use plastic ban and the ensuing response from the federal government. It is much more peculiar that tampons are nonetheless available exterior metropolis limits.

Fairly than revisit the single-use plastic ban and carving out exemptions for well being merchandise corresponding to tampons, metropolis officers have really useful ladies start utilizing menstrual cups till the female hygiene merchandise get supplied without spending a dime as a matter of public well being.

“The menstrual cup is a wonderful different that’s utterly pleasant to the surroundings. Let’s encourage its use to scale back air pollution,” Metropolis legislator Alessandra Rojo de la Vega said.

Public response to the dearth of tampons has been seen by some as the newest instance of the federal government intruding on ladies’s our bodies by limiting choices to female well being, accusing officers of legislating from a place of privilege, taking offense to tampons getting declared “nonessential,” and frustration over one more imposition being placed on ladies.