PlastfriCotton
Natural fiber
Low plastic. Zero plastic. Water-hungry, but fully biodegradable.
What cotton is
Cotton is nearly pure cellulose straight from the boll. It contains no plastic, biodegrades completely, and its shed fibers are food for microbes rather than permanent pollution.
Its honest downsides are water and pesticides in conventional farming — organic and rain-fed cotton address much of that. The trap to watch is the blend: “cotton-rich” often means 60% cotton, 40% polyester, and stretchy “cotton” tees usually carry elastane.
How Plastfri scores it
Cotton scores 0/100. Blends score by their synthetic share — a 95/5 cotton-elastane tee shows 5/100, low but honestly not zero.
The same weight applies everywhere: a product's score is the percentage-weighted plastic share of its listed fiber composition, and every weight is public.
Scored products containing cotton
- THTC Clothing System of a Mau Hemp T-Shirt - Natural0/100
- Marine Layer Hemp Cotton Relaxed Tee0/100
- Dharma Trading Co. Dharma Hemp T-Shirt0/100
- Switch2hemp Hemp Unisex T-shirt - Black0/100
- Lands' End Comfy Super Soft Cotton Flannel Pillowcases - 5oz0/100
- Lands' End 400 Thread Count Premium Supima Cotton Sateen Bed Sheet Set0/100
- Patagonia Men's Fjord Flannel Shirt0/100
- 7thEarthStudios S32 Standard Cropped Tee, 240 GSM Organic Cotton - Poseidon0/100
- Citizen Wolf Men's Organic Cotton Crew Tee0/100
- JUSTWEARCOTTON Zen Core Ribbed Crew Neck Tshirt in Black0/100
- L.L.Bean Ultrasoft Comfort Flannel Comforter Cover Collection, Stripe0/100
- L.L.Bean Striped Patchwork Quilt Collection0/100
Scores marked ~ rest on incomplete material evidence; (est.) rows were estimated from product text rather than a listed composition. Browse the full database →
Keep reading
Plastfri spots cotton for you. Scores every product while you shop — covers, dims, or labels the high-plastic ones.
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