PlastfriFleece
Petro-synthetic
High plastic. Almost always polyester. A single wash can release hundreds of thousands of fibers.
What fleece is
Polar fleece is polyester knit that has been napped and sheared to trap air. The brushing that makes it cozy also breaks fibers loose, which is why fleece sits at the top of shedding charts.
“Recycled fleece” made from bottles sounds circular, but it downgrades bottle-grade PET into a form that sheds microfibers and cannot be recycled again.
How Plastfri scores it
When a composition is listed, fleece scores as its fibers do — usually 100% polyester, so 100/100. When a listing only says “fleece”, Plastfri estimates high (85–100) with an “(est.)” marker, because the word almost always means polyester.
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 fleece
- Filson 14 Oz Heritage Fleece Hoodie Dark Indigo1/100
- Canada Goose Lawson Fleece Jacket Black Disc~18/100
- Canada Goose Westport Fleece Jacket~19/100
- Bergans of Norway Rabot Merino Fleece Midlayer Jacket Women20/100
- Shackleton Franklin Fleece Jacket37/100
- Amazon Essentials Men's Standard Full-Zip Fleece Mock Neck Midweight Sweatshirt with Pockets44/100
- BTFBM Womens Crewneck Sweatshirts Fleece Pullover48/100
- Hanes Ecosmart Fleece Full-zip Hoodie for Men50/100
- Threads 4 Thought Corissa Triblend Fleece Zip Hoodie51/100
- Smartwool Men's Active Fleece Jacket81/100
- Smartwool Fleece Jacket Sw00296647083/100
- Smartwool Men's Second Cut™ Fleece Jacket83/100
Scores marked ~ rest on incomplete material evidence; (est.) rows were estimated from product text rather than a listed composition. Browse the full database →
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Plastfri spots fleece for you. Scores every product while you shop — covers, dims, or labels the high-plastic ones.
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