Vyld: This is how tampons made from algae work

The startup “Vyld” wants to develop sustainable, fairly produced and healthy tampons. They use algae fibers for this and have now developed a prototype.

Ines Schiller and Melanie Schichan founded Vyld GmbH in 2021. They want to use algae fibers for their “Tangpons” (in English: “Kelpon”) – these are currently in the research and development phase.

At the same time, with their sustainable tampons, the founders would like toEmpowerment support and change or reduce the social stigma of the period.

The vision of Vyld is to create a fair, sustainable and circular production of necessary goods in a newly designed world. The startup contributes to 12 of the 17 goals for sustainable development of the United Nations (2030 Agenda) at.

That is why the algae tampons should be sustainable and healthy

Vyld does not use viscose, cotton or plastic in their tampons. (Photo: Screenshot www.vyldness.de)

In relation to Use and health should the Tangpons

be extremely absorbent,
have little to no potential to cause allergies and
have anti-inflammatory properties.

Ines Schiller told SustainableJobs.de: “Studies indicate … that the risk [für das toxische Schocksyndrom] is significantly higher for tampons made of viscose and plastic – and 90% of the tampons on the market are made of it. We believe that we can reduce this risk during development and that our algae fibers can make a decisive contribution to the safety of tampons. “

What the sustainability is concerned, the tampon material should be “algae”

grow ten times faster than land plants and do without fertilizers, pesticides or freshwater,
contribute to the restoration and de-acidification of marine habitats,
large quantities CO2 and bind nitrogen and
biodegradable and marine and therefore the Circular economy be accessible.

At the moment, Vyld uses wild collected algae for its algae fibers – those that the sea washes up anyway. However, the two founders want to promote marine permaculture with the help of a global movement and thus cultivate the algae for their tampons in European seas over the long term. It is questionable whether these permacultures do not unnecessarily impair the marine habitat.

Utopia says: Developing sustainable and healthy period products is important. Vyld enriches the market with her research and makes an important contribution against it Period shaming. Nevertheless, it is a disposable product – to which there are zero-waste alternatives.

There are other sustainable alternatives

If you want to switch to healthy and sustainable tampons, you can look forward to the Tangpons from Vyld. There are various alternatives with which you can even go a step further and so on Zero waste practice during your period:

Menstrual sponge: how to use and clean it
Menstrual cup: the garbage-free alternative to tampons and sanitary towels
Period underwear: how recommendable are period panties?
Sewing cloth bandages yourself – zero waste in menstruation
Free bleeding: how free menstruation works

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