A History of Menstruation and Sanitary Waste Management

This talk by Dr Camilla Mørk Røstvik* presents the sanitary bin in its historical context for the first time, and argues that it reveals changing attitudes towards menstruation, the environment and bathroom politics.

Sanitree are a social enterprise who make and sell biodegradable and reusable period pads will have a stall there.

*Dr Camilla Mørk Røstvik is Associate Professor in History at the University of Agder in Norway and leads the Wellcome Trust-funded Menstruation Research Network UK and is author of Cash Flow: The Businesses of Menstruation (UCL Press, 2022).