Policy Paper
Combatting Global Plastic Pollution
Feminist Perspectives for a Gender-Just Approach
Series
By 2025, more than 12 billion tonnes of plastic had been produced globally. Plastic pollution is not gender neutral. At oil and gas extraction sites, women and Black, Indigenous and People of Color lose their livelihoods. In factories, workers absorb endocrine-disrupting chemicals. In landfills in the Global South, those with the least power sort toxic waste with bare hands. The plastic crisis runs along the fault lines of gender and global inequality.
Our publication Combatting Global Plastic Pollution presents feminist perspectives for a gender-just approach to the plastic crisis.
Product details
Date of Publication
April 2026
Publisher
Global Unit for Feminism and Gender Democracy of the Heinrich Böll Foundation
Number of Pages
12
Licence
Language of publication
English
Table of contents
- Focus: The global plastic crisis especially affects women and disadvantaged groups
- Insight: How activists around the globe are combining environmental justice, anti-discrimination and the fight against plastic
- Outlook: Combatting plastic pollution requires gender-responsive action
- Sources and Further Materials