Vagifem - plastic waste!

Someone on here suggested using them to label plants. I really hadn't thought about it. I throw mine away in general waste.

OIh Kittylester you made me laugh thinking of using them as plant labels . Mine just go in the bin never thought of recycling them too afraid the bin men would bring them to my door to complain they were in the wrong bin.

I put them into general waste.
Using them as plant labels sounds good

Off to Google Vagifem

Slightly off topic but I wear daily contact lenses and I can now take the lenses and the packaging back to the optician for recycling.

I stopped using them.

nina, be grateful you have to Google it!!

Ahh, something I have long found annoying too.

I have just been on to the manufacturers website (NovoNordisk) to try and log this as a patient query - to ask them to consider plastic waste, maybe change packaging to say 1 applicator per 8 pessaries, (or whatever is appropriate) to reduce the plastic waste.

Having spent a while typing it all out, it may be that their page won’t now actually “submit” though ...?

Good idea SynchroSwimmer. I may try that myself.

Saw an item on Facebook, asking us to wash out used mascara brushes and send to a hedgehog sanctuary, where they would be used cleaning said hedgehogs.

I know this is a bit late, but just found out that they are recyclable... twitter.com/novonordisk/status/1127660841002852354

very good news,twhitby - I'll remember that.
I'll still worry that we might not be able to get vagifem, made in Norway, after Brexit.
It's a blessing for me and many other women.

Still trying to responsibly recycle Vagifem applicators. Why do Novo--- get away with not taking responsibility for their product? Now on to council about medical waste. But I think the thing will be for an enterprising feminist artist to turn them into works of art/ games. Perhaps spillikins?? They make a lovely fan shape too.

I think these applicators are the tip of the iceberg.
I wouldn’t worry, just recycle them.
I reuse all my freezer bags, I only buy washing powder in cardboard, we don’t buy plastic water bottles and we recycle all we can so a plastic applicator isn’t too much of a problem.

Ask for Vagirux instead. Exactly the same product, but one applicator to re-use for 24 tablets.

But I find their aplicator is not nearly as good . I kept about 6 of the Vagifem applicators and use them instead. After use I wash them and when I have used them all I sterilise them in Milton. I was not happy just washing the Vagirux ones .