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Thursday January 20, 2000 The Province · Money A41
Patented plastic film behind flushable panty
liners
Staff Reporter
A Vancouver company says it has had success at
selling what it calls the first flushable panty liner, which
it hopes will be the first in a long line of similar
products.
Simplicities Panty Liners, made by Ecoprogress, have
captured five per cent of the market since going on
sale about a year ago, says company CEO Mike
Daniels.
Ecoprogress has plans to eventually market more
feminine hygiene products, infant and adult diapers and
colostomy products.
"We could spin a shirt out of it", says Daniels. "We may
even make medical garments (for workers and
patients)".
A special plastic film, for which Ecoprogress has bought
the world rights for $6.5 million and patented, provides
a moisture barrier during use but dissolves in water,
says Daniels
The film has been approved by Environment Canada,
according to its minimum standards of being
75-per-cent biodegradable within 28 days, and it's
passed flushability tests in regular and low-level toilets,
he says.
There are other panty liners advertised on the Internet
as biodegradable, including those made by Natracare
and Flawa, but neither claims to be flushable.
When tested, most of the liner, including the plastic,
did dissolve quickly in water.
Blaire-Chisholm, who works for a Vancouver
environmental agency, polled her co-workers and said
no one had heard of a flushable liner. She couldn't
make an official comment without more data.
The liners are about the same price as regular liners
and are available in lower Mainland stores. |
