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If You Care 100% Recycled Aluminum Foil

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If You Care

100% Recycled Aluminum Foil

Plastic-free recycled aluminium; a 1, with the only caveat that foil is single-use.

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1 / 10 Low plastic footprint $

Made from 100% post-consumer recycled aluminum, which uses 95% less energy than virgin foil. FSC-certified packaging and it performs like conventional foil.

How this score breaks down

Plastic in the product and its packaging Little to no plastic
Household foil made entirely from post-consumer recycled aluminium, in an FSC-certified paperboard box. There is no plastic in the product.
Microplastic shedding and leaching Doesn't shed
None; aluminium, not plastic
End of life: persistence and recovery Recovers well
Plastic-free; FSC-certified recyclable carton. Recyclable, repairable, or genuinely recovered; low persistence.
Plastic-derived chemicals of concern No leaching concern
No PFAS, PTFE, BPA, or other leaching plastics in food or heat contact.
Transparency and verification Fully disclosed
Material and recycled content disclosed

Strengths

  • 100% recycled aluminium, no plastic
  • Uses far less energy than virgin foil
  • FSC-certified plastic-free packaging

Trade-offs

  • It is a single-use product, even though recycled and recyclable
  • Foil is often landfilled when food-soiled; reusable lids or wraps are lower-waste

What's inside

Household foil made entirely from post-consumer recycled aluminium, in an FSC-certified paperboard box. There is no plastic in the product.

PartMaterial
Foil100% post-consumer recycled aluminium
BoxFSC-certified paperboard

Free of Plastic, virgin aluminium

Packaging
Plastic-free; FSC-certified recyclable carton
Microplastics
None; aluminium, not plastic

Attributes

What this product is, at a glance.

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Certifications

Independent, third-party certifications only. Tap any badge to see what it verifies.

About If You Care

If You Care makes household foil from 100% post-consumer recycled aluminium, which uses about 95% less energy than virgin foil. The carton is FSC-certified.

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Melissa Walker, founder of Thriving Sustainably

Hi, I’m Melissa-founder of Thriving Sustainably

Melissa Walker is the founder of Thriving Sustainably. A mom who started reading the labels after learning how much microplastic ends up in our bodies, she co-leads the environmental pillar of a Fortune 500 company’s employee sustainability program and rates brands against public certification databases so families can lower their microplastic exposure without the guesswork.