Single-use plastic water bottle Bottled water in virgin PET
Single-use plastic water bottle
Bottled water in virgin PET
Virgin PET that sheds microplastics into the water; a refillable steel bottle replaces hundreds.
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A format-level entry. Single-use bottled water in virgin PET plastic, which sheds microplastics into the water.
How this score breaks down
Plastic-derived chemicals of concern
No concerns
No phthalates, bisphenols, or PFAS.
Intentionally added microplastics
Some
Microplastics shed from PET bottles (peer-reviewed)
Packaging plastic intensity
Heavy plastic
Virgin PET, single-use
Microfibre / shedding
Doesn't shed
Not a textile, so nothing sheds in use or washing.
Transparency and disclosure
Partly disclosed
Material stated Strengths
- Convenient and portable
Trade-offs
- Single-use virgin PET
- Peer-reviewed research finds microplastics shed from PET bottles into the water
- A refillable stainless steel bottle replaces hundreds of these
Scored on our consumables method (consumables-v1). How we rank →
What it's made of
A format-level reference: bottled water in single-use virgin PET. Peer-reviewed studies have measured microplastics and nanoplastics shedding from the bottle into the water itself.
| Part | Material |
|---|---|
| Bottle | Virgin PET plastic, single-use |
| Cap | Plastic (HDPE or PP) |
- Packaging
- Virgin PET, single-use
- Microplastics
- Microplastics shed from PET bottles (peer-reviewed)
About Single-use plastic water bottle
Single-use PET water bottles are a leading source of plastic waste, and peer-reviewed studies have measured microplastics and nanoplastics shedding from the bottles into the water itself.
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