Laundry routine and resource consumption in Australia

摘要: Inconspicuous consumption, the habitual use of resources in daily routines, poses a challenge to sustainable consumption. For example, laundry is often most environmentally demanding stage clothing’s life cycle, consuming significant quantities water, energy and chemicals. Laundry thus provides prime example inconspicuous from which consider sustainability transitions. However, because mundane nature washing clothes, it sometimes over looked fashion literature. This paper presents results surveying 263 Australians about their jeans, habits resource build picture expectations actions surrounding performance cleanliness everyday life. These surveys are triangulated against in-depth interviews with people who had not washed jeans for three months revealing qualitative insights into influences practice. documents how why perform laundry. An interesting finding that can wash still be socially acceptable, suggesting cultural construct, pursuit increases chemicals, conflict consumption goals. (Less)