PlastfriIs cotton plastic-free?
Cotton contains no plastic — it is pure plant cellulose. Watch for the elastane hiding in the blend, though.
The plastic-free workhorse
Cotton is nearly pure cellulose straight from the boll. It biodegrades completely, composts, 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 blend trap
“Cotton-rich” often means 60% cotton, 40% polyester. And that stretchy “cotton” tee likely has elastane. Plastfri reads the full composition, so a 95/5 cotton-elastane shows 5/100 — low, not zero.
How Plastfri scores it
Cotton scores 0/100. Blends score by their synthetic share.
Common questions
Is organic cotton worth it?
For plastic content it makes no difference (both are zero). For pesticide and water impact, organic or regenerative cotton is meaningfully better.
Plastfri spots cotton for you. Scores every product while you shop — covers, dims, or labels the high-plastic ones.
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