Reduces virgin plastic but still sheds microplastics.
Recycled polyester (rPET)
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Polyester spun from post-consumer plastic bottles.
Also known as
Common aliases you may spot on a label. Add these to your ingredient blocklist.
rPET
Ethical alternatives
Lower-impact substitutes that formulators reach for when replacing recycled polyester (rpet).
TencelOrganic cottonHemp
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