Is Caraway Cookware Worth It? Why It’s Not in Our Directory
Caraway is the most recognizable non-toxic cookware brand going. We scored it 3.1, the lowest of anything we’ve rated, and the reason is the coating.
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Why We Don’t Recommend Organic Basics
Organic Basics makes good essentials from organic cotton and recycled fibers. We still won’t put it in our directory, and the reason has nothing to do with the clothes.
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Bamboo or Recycled Toilet Paper: Which Is Better?
Charmin’s bamboo line and the sustainability darling’s bamboo line score exactly the same grade. Recycled beats both, and the scorecard explains why in one formula.
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Why Don’t Shampoo Bars Lather in Hard Water?
The waxy film everyone calls the transition period has a chemical name. It isn’t your scalp adjusting, and it doesn’t end on its own.
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Do the Recycling Numbers on Plastic Mean Anything?
The little triangle was never a recycling promise, the standard dropped the arrows in 2013, and the industry that put it there has admitted on the record what it was for.
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Are Laundry Detergent Sheets Actually Plastic-Free?
The sheet that dissolves in your washing machine is a polymer film. Whether that matters is one of the few environmental arguments where the campaigning side lost at the regulator.
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Are Bamboo Toothbrush Bristles Actually Biodegradable?
The handle composts. The bristles are nylon, on every brush you can buy, and the best-known brand contradicts itself about them on two of its own pages.
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What Happened to Allbirds?
Allbirds went public in 2021 as the sustainable shoe company. Then the stock collapsed, Nasdaq sent a notice, and it did a 1-for-20 reverse split. Here’s what that means for the shoes.
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Can Old Sneakers Actually Be Recycled?
Reporters hid trackers in shoes donated to a recycling program. The shoes turned up for sale in Indonesian markets. The scandal isn’t quite the one you’d expect.
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Chrome-Tanned vs Vegetable-Tanned Leather
Veg-tan is the one everyone calls the clean option. Per tonne of hide, its wastewater carries several times the organic load of chrome tanning. Both facts matter.
