Feminised Concern or Feminist Care? Reclaiming Gender Normativities in Zero Waste Living
Publisher: The Sociological Review
Author(s): Mandy de Wilde and Sarah Parry
Date: 2022
Topics: Gender, Weapons, Waste, and Pollution
Growing awareness of environmental issues and their relation to consumption patterns has given rise to calls for sustainable consumption across the globe. In this article, we focus on the zero waste lifestyle movement, which targets high-consumption households in the Global North as a site of change for phasing out waste in global supply chains. Our article is concerned with asking how gender and household sustainability are mutually constituted in the zero waste lifestyle movement.