Lunacopine

Luna­co­pi­ne is head­quar­te­red in France. The mens­tru­al cups are dis­tri­bu­ted by a French com­pa­ny in the Bor­deaux regi­on, Bivea Medi­cal. Pro­duc­tion takes place at the bran­d’s Fin­nish fac­to­ry. Sin­ce both count­ries are cover­ed by Euro­pean labor laws, we assu­me good working con­di­ti­ons in the pro­duc­tion and dis­tri­bu­ti­on of Lunacopine! 

The brand wants to give all women the oppor­tu­ni­ty to free them­sel­ves from the dif­fi­cul­ties asso­cia­ted with their peri­ods. Edu­ca­ti­on, accor­ding to Luna­co­pi­ne, is the ans­wer. They the­r­e­fo­re help peo­p­le around the world gain access to know­ledge, and spread the mes­sa­ge that mens­trua­ti­on is not a shame. In this way, they break taboos and nor­ma­li­ze con­ver­sa­ti­ons so women can unleash their true power. 

Luna­co­pi­ne part­ners with some ama­zing orga­niza­ti­ons to be able to give vul­nerable peo­p­le access to cups and pro­per hygie­ne. For exam­p­le, the brand has part­ne­red with Plan­ned Paren­thood sin­ce 2016, par­ti­ci­pa­ting in online fund­rai­sing events, edu­ca­tio­nal cam­paigns and the dis­tri­bu­ti­on of Mens­tru­al Cup Dis­co­very Kits. The brand its­elf has alre­a­dy dona­ted more than 30,000 Luna­co­pi­ne mens­tru­al cups to various organizations. 

Luna­co­pi­ne mens­tru­al cups are made of medi­cal gra­de sili­co­ne. The cups con­tain no phtha­la­tes, bis­phe­nol or hea­vy metals. 

The FDA (United Sta­tes Food and Drug Admi­nis­tra­ti­on) has appro­ved Luna­co­pi­ne and the medi­cal gra­de sili­co­ne the brand uses. It is hypo­al­ler­ge­nic, non-toxic, dura­ble and harm­less to human tissue.

The mens­tru­al cup con­cept helps redu­ce was­te by eli­mi­na­ting the need to throw away tam­pons and pads every time. Luna­co­pi­ne has alre­a­dy achie­ved over a bil­li­on fewer dis­posable mens­tru­al pro­ducts ending up in land­fills and oceans. 

At Luna­co­pi­ne, they don’t take the earth for gran­ted, so they are deter­mi­ned to lea­ve it bet­ter than we found it. Tha­t’s why the mens­tru­al cup is reusable and recy­clable. They also use was­te-free pack­a­ging and rene­wa­ble ener­gy. The pack­a­ging mate­ri­al is 100% recy­clable and com­post­a­ble and con­sists of cor­ru­ga­ted card­board, cel­lu­lo­se pla­s­tic, card­board and paper sti­ckers. So the mens­tru­al cups crea­te no was­te! Even the trans­port bags for the cups are made of recy­cled cotton.

The cups are pro­du­ced in Fin­land and then dis­tri­bu­ted from France, making the com­pany’s chain rela­tively short. Howe­ver, it is unclear whe­re the pro­duc­t’s sili­co­ne comes from. 

The Luna­co­pi­ne cup is cer­ti­fied vegan by the Vegan Socie­ty! The Vegan Socie­ty is the oldest vegan orga­niza­ti­on in the world. The orga­niza­ti­on sta­tes that ​“vega­nism is a way of life that seeks to eli­mi­na­te as far as pos­si­ble all forms of explo­ita­ti­on and cruel­ty toward ani­mals for food, clot­hing or any other pur­po­se.” Accor­din­gly, Luna­co­pi­ne’s team ensu­res that the cup is made wit­hout ani­mal pro­ducts and is not tes­ted on ani­mals.

With the mens­tru­al cup, you can go for years. Some women do 10 years with the same cup! So the pro­duct lasts a very long time and only needs to be repla­ced when the­re are cracks or holes in it. This makes the pro­duct inex­pen­si­ve: Even if you buy a new cup every 5 years, you will be a lot che­a­per than if you had to buy tam­pons all the time! By the way, the cup comes in two sizes. 

Fur­ther­mo­re, the brand values inclu­si­vi­ty. ​“Wha­te­ver your iden­ti­ty, we wel­co­me you with open arms. Luna­co­pi­ne is here to inform, advi­se and release pre­con­cep­ti­ons about the body and mens­trua­ti­on, so that each of us can bleed with con­fi­dence,” says the brand.

On its mis­si­on to crea­te posi­ti­ve chan­ge by ensu­ring that girls and women ever­y­whe­re have a healt­hy, sus­tainable and afforda­ble opti­on for their mens­tru­al hygie­ne, the brand is clear. But litt­le is repor­ted on the bran­d’s sup­pli­ers. So the­re are still some gains to be made in this area.