Many folks looking to reduce plastic consumption have been attracted to laundry sheets and pods.
You don’t have to squint to see the appeal for eco-conscious consumers. Each pod or sheet comes sized for individual washes, so there’s less risk of waste. The packaging is smaller and sometimes comes in plastic-free boxes. Moreover, most brands of these dissolvable laundry products advertise themselves as environmentally friendly, which makes for a persuasive selling point. And, if you’re worried about brands reducing carbon emissions, shipping around heavy plastic jugs of detergent really means you’re unnecessarily transporting water.
However, several popular brands, like Ecos, EC30, Grove Collective, Earth Breeze, and others, reveal the use of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), a water-soluble synthetic polymer and a type of plastic.
