Conventional liquid shampoo Liquid shampoo in a virgin plastic bottle
Conventional liquid shampoo
Liquid shampoo in a virgin plastic bottle
A single-use virgin plastic bottle that sheds microplastics and persists for centuries with little real recycling; an 8.
A format-level entry, not a single brand. Standard liquid shampoo sold in a single-use virgin plastic bottle.
How this score breaks down
Strengths
- Widely available and inexpensive up front
Trade-offs
- Single-use virgin plastic bottle
- Liquid formulas commonly contain synthetic polymers
- Disclosure is often partial
Scored on our consumables method (consumables-v1). How we rank →
What's inside
A format-level reference, not a single brand: standard liquid shampoo, mostly water, sold in a single-use plastic bottle. It is here so the plastic-free bars have something to compare against.
| Part | Material |
|---|---|
| Bottle | Virgin PET or HDPE plastic, single-use |
| Formula | Mostly water; often synthetic polymers |
- Packaging
- Virgin plastic bottle, single-use
- Microplastics
- Synthetic polymers common in liquid formulas
Attributes
What this product is, at a glance.
About Conventional liquid shampoo
This entry represents the conventional format most shampoo is sold in: a virgin plastic bottle, mostly water, often with synthetic polymers in the formula. It is here so you can compare it against the plastic-free bars.
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