{
  "slug": "jeans",
  "name": "Jeans",
  "question": "Which jeans contain no plastic in the denim, the pocketing, the thread or the fly?",
  "status": "nothing-qualifies",
  "updated": "2026-11-11",
  "editor": "alex-minoda",
  "page": "https://amaterio.com/plastic-free/jeans/",
  "summary": "No jeans have earned a spot yet. We checked one, 7th Earth Studios' D01 Basalt barrel cut, and we can't tell if it's plastic-free.\n\nThe denim is 15 oz organic cotton, GOTS certified. But the maker never names the thread, the pocket bags, the fly or the rivets and buttons, and those are the parts of a pair of jeans where polyester usually sits. The maker hasn't said.",
  "whyPlastic": "Rigid denim is cotton, and the plastic sits around it. Stretch denim wraps cotton around an elastane core, usually 1 to 3 percent. Pocket bags are polyester-cotton twill. The thread is polyester or poly-core, a polyester filament wrapped in cotton, because it outlasts cotton at the hem and the belt loops. A zipper fly runs on polyester tape with metal or nylon teeth; a button fly takes metal buttons. Rivets and buttons are brass, copper or iron, and some are painted. The back patch is leather, and a polyurethane topcoat on leather is plastic.",
  "whatToCheck": [
    "Denim: 100% cotton, with no elastane or polyester?",
    "Pocket bags: cotton twill, or a polyester blend?",
    "Thread: 100% cotton, or polyester and poly-core?",
    "Fly: buttons, or a zipper with the tape named?",
    "Rivets and buttons: solid brass, copper or iron, or painted?",
    "Back patch: oil-tanned or unfinished leather, or coated?",
    "Finishing: raw, or a coated, resin or stone-wash finish?"
  ],
  "faq": [],
  "whyNone": "",
  "products": [
    {
      "slug": "7thearthstudios-d01-basalt-organic-barrel-denim",
      "name": "D01 Basalt 15 oz Organic Barrel Cut Denim",
      "brand": "7thEarthStudios",
      "category": "jeans",
      "tier": "cannot-tell",
      "rank": null,
      "page": "https://amaterio.com/plastic-free/jeans/7thearthstudios-d01-basalt-organic-barrel-denim/",
      "url": null,
      "affiliateUrl": null,
      "price": {
        "amount": 78,
        "currency": "USD",
        "seenAt": "2026-11-11"
      },
      "madeIn": "",
      "inTheBox": "",
      "unknowns": [
        "sewing thread",
        "pocket bags and waistband lining",
        "fly closure",
        "rivets and buttons",
        "dye and stone-wash finish",
        "labels, patch and hang tag"
      ],
      "verdict": {
        "summary": "The denim is 15 oz organic cotton, GOTS certified, and the maker says nothing else about what the jeans are made of. It never names the thread, the pocket bags, the fly or the rivets and buttons. Those are exactly the parts of a pair of jeans that are usually polyester or poly-cotton, so we can't call these plastic-free yet.",
        "date": "2026-11-11",
        "passes": [
          "pass-1",
          "pass-2"
        ],
        "agree": true,
        "caveat": "Unknown: the sewing thread, the pocket bags and waistband lining, the fly (zipper or buttons) and the rivets, the dye and stone-wash finish, the labels and tags, and the packaging. The maker hasn't said."
      },
      "components": [
        {
          "name": "shell fabric",
          "role": "major",
          "material": "100% certified organic cotton denim, 15 oz",
          "class": "not-plastic",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": {
            "url": "https://7thearthstudios.com/products/d01-basalt-15-oz-organic-barrel-cut-denim",
            "quote": "15oz Denim 100% Organic Cotton",
            "translation": "",
            "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
            "archive": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261111215103/https://7thearthstudios.com/products/d01-basalt-15-oz-organic-barrel-cut-denim"
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "sewing thread",
          "role": "major",
          "material": "",
          "class": "unknown",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": null
        },
        {
          "name": "pocket bags and waistband lining",
          "role": "major",
          "material": "",
          "class": "unknown",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": null
        },
        {
          "name": "fly closure",
          "role": "major",
          "material": "",
          "class": "unknown",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": null
        },
        {
          "name": "rivets and buttons",
          "role": "major",
          "material": "",
          "class": "unknown",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": null
        },
        {
          "name": "dye and stone-wash finish",
          "role": "minor",
          "material": "stone wash described, agents not named",
          "class": "unknown",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": {
            "url": "https://7thearthstudios.com/products/d01-basalt-15-oz-organic-barrel-cut-denim",
            "quote": "A subtle stone-wash finish lifts the black to a weathered depth",
            "translation": "",
            "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
            "archive": ""
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "labels, patch and hang tag",
          "role": "minor",
          "material": "",
          "class": "unknown",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": null
        }
      ],
      "packaging": {
        "verified": false,
        "materials": [],
        "class": "unknown",
        "source": null
      },
      "commentary": [],
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          "alt": "7thEarthStudios D01 Basalt 15 oz Organic Barrel Cut Denim",
          "credit": "Photo: 7thEarthStudios (7thearthstudios.com)",
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          "alt": "7thEarthStudios D01 Basalt 15 oz Organic Barrel Cut Denim",
          "credit": "Photo: 7thEarthStudios (7thearthstudios.com)",
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        },
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          "alt": "7thEarthStudios D01 Basalt 15 oz Organic Barrel Cut Denim",
          "credit": "Photo: 7thEarthStudios (7thearthstudios.com)",
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    }
  ]
}