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.
Certifications
None listed. We only show independent third-party certifications we can verify with the issuing body, and this product does not currently hold any.
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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