Pune man invents machine to ensure safe disposal, recycling of sanitary napkins

A 25-year-old from Pune has invented a machine that can ensure the safe disposal of sanitary napkins.

A 25-year-old from Pune has invented a machine that can ensure the safe disposal of stary napkins.

Ajinkya Dahiya, a recent engineering graduate, set up his own startup and has developed a machine called Padcare which helps in the safe disposal of stary napkins.

The Padcare Lab machine segregates plastic and cellulose drain from used stary napkins and makes them available for recycling purposes. The idea struck Dahiya in 2018 and is now catering to several orgzations in the city to ensure the safe disposal of stary napkins.

Dahiya said that specially developed dustbins are adjusted in toilets and are equipped to cleanly store used stary napkins for up to 45 days.

"We install specially developed small dustbins called 'Sbins' in toilets which are equipped to store the used stary napkins for 30 to 45 days and makes sure it is disinfected and does not create any smell."

"The stary pads are collected from these dustbins on a bi-monthly or monthly basis and then put in Padcare machines which not only segregates its material without affecting the environment but also makes it ready to be used for recycling products," he said.

According to recent data accessed by Ajinkya and his team, about 12 billion used stary napkins are generated in India every year out of which 98 per cent are disposed of either landfills or water-bodies, which adversely affect the environment.

Using the recycled material from used stary napkins, the team has also designed several decorative products that can be used in homes. The team of youngsters aims to make it available to maximum people in the coming year while making safe and environment-friendly stary napkin disposal available.

( With inputs from ANI )