Conventional liquid laundry detergent Liquid detergent in a large plastic jug
Conventional liquid laundry detergent
Liquid detergent in a large plastic jug
A large single-use virgin plastic jug that sheds microplastics and persists for centuries with little real recycling; an 8.
A format-level entry. Standard liquid detergent in a large single-use plastic jug, mostly water.
How this score breaks down
Strengths
- Familiar and widely stocked
Trade-offs
- Large single-use virgin plastic jug
- Formulas may contain synthetic polymers and optical brighteners
- A plastic-free powder or tablet is a lower-plastic swap
Scored on our consumables method (consumables-v1). How we rank →
What's inside
A format-level reference: liquid detergent, mostly water, in a large single-use plastic jug. It is the baseline the plastic-free powders and tablets improve on.
| Part | Material |
|---|---|
| Jug | Virgin HDPE plastic, single-use |
| Formula | Mostly water; may contain synthetic polymers and optical brighteners |
- Packaging
- Large virgin plastic jug, single-use
- Microplastics
- Possible synthetic polymers and optical brighteners
Attributes
What this product is, at a glance.
About Conventional liquid laundry detergent
Conventional liquid detergent ships heavy jugs of mostly water in virgin plastic, and formulas can contain synthetic polymers and optical brighteners. It is here as the baseline the plastic-free powders and tablets improve on.
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