Product design student Cheuk Laam Wong has created Looop Can, a concept for a portable kit to clean menstruation pads that aims to reduce period poverty among refugees.
Each Looop Can kit includes a container for cleaning, 70 grams of baking soda and a reusable sanitary pad made from bamboo terry fabric called the Looop Pad.
Above: Looop Can kits include a container, baking soda and sanitary pad. Top image: they are designed for women living in refugee camps
Made from a recycled steel can, the washing device can be used to clean sanitary pads with just baking soda and 500 millilitres of water.
The kit has been designed so that women living in refugee camps can easily and discretely wash and dry their sanitary pads.
"Almost 60 per cent of female refugees suffer period-poverty problems as they spend their limited funds on food or nappies for their babies," Cheuk told Dezeen. "A washing kit for reusable sanitary pads will benefit not only refugees and asylum seekers, but also people who have limited finances and insufficient education about menstrual health management," she continued.
Users insert their pad, add water and baking soda and then spin the container to remove blood
The Looop Can comprises a main cylindrical body with a screw-top lid and a hollow spinning device that can also be used to store the baking soda.
When the sanitary pad requires cleaning, the user places the pad inside the can before immersing it in water and baking soda, a natural cle...