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Ella Daish is a British environmental activist campaigning to persuade retailers and manufacturers to remove plastic from menstrual products.[1] In February 2018, whilst working as a postal worker, she started the End Period Plastic campaign.[2][3][4] She went on to become a full-time activist.[5] The BBC put Daish on its 100 Women of 2019 annual list of 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world.[6]
"Period products are the fifth most common item found on Europe's beaches" and "200,000 tonnes of [such] material is believed to end up in UK landfill every year."[1][3] Around 90% of a menstrual pad is plastic.[5][3]
In December 2018 Daish launched the Eco Period Box campaign to address period poverty, donating plastic-free and reusable period products around the UK.[7] In 2019 she helped persuade Caerphilly County Borough Council to spend all of its grant money for providing free menstrual products to schools, on eco-friendly products. Councils had been asked to spend only 10% of the money on reusables.[8]
- Included in the BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Power list 2020[9]
- One of the BBC's 100 women of 2019[10]
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