{
  "slug": "t-shirts",
  "name": "T-shirts",
  "question": "Which T-shirts have no plastic in the neck tape, the thread, the label or the print?",
  "status": "nothing-qualifies",
  "updated": "2026-11-11",
  "editor": "alex-minoda",
  "page": "https://amaterio.com/plastic-free/t-shirts/",
  "summary": "Nothing in t-shirts has earned a spot yet. We checked one, Outerknown's All Good Things Tee, and we can't tell if it's plastic-free.\n\nThe fabric is 100% Regenerative Organic Certified cotton. A shirt is also thread, neck tape and labels, and the maker names none of them. Polyester thread is the norm unless stated.",
  "whyPlastic": "The jersey is the part everyone asks about. The plastic is in the seams and the neck: shoulder seams and twin-needle hems sewn in polyester or poly-core thread, a neck binding tape that is polyester, a label that is woven polyester or a heat-transferred print, and a screen print in plastisol ink, which is PVC, or in water-based ink bound with an acrylic polymer. Cotton jersey sold as stretch carries 2 to 5 percent elastane, and a soft hand is often a silicone softener. Tri-blend and performance tees are polyester.",
  "whatToCheck": [
    "Fabric: 100% cotton, hemp or linen, with no elastane or polyester?",
    "Thread: 100% cotton, or polyester and poly-core?",
    "Neck tape: the same cotton jersey or a cotton tape, or polyester?",
    "Label: woven cotton or none, or printed or heat-transferred?",
    "Print: none, or a screen print in plastisol or acrylic-bound ink?",
    "Finish: unfinished, or a softener or easy-care treatment?"
  ],
  "faq": [],
  "whyNone": "",
  "products": [
    {
      "slug": "outerknown-all-good-things-tee-salt",
      "name": "All Good Things Tee (Salt)",
      "brand": "Outerknown",
      "category": "t-shirts",
      "tier": "cannot-tell",
      "rank": null,
      "page": "https://amaterio.com/plastic-free/t-shirts/outerknown-all-good-things-tee-salt/",
      "url": null,
      "affiliateUrl": null,
      "price": null,
      "madeIn": "",
      "inTheBox": "",
      "unknowns": [
        "sewing thread",
        "neck tape or seam tape",
        "side-seam label",
        "hang tag and sizing label",
        "neck tape and seam tape",
        "care and size labels",
        "dye or print"
      ],
      "verdict": {
        "summary": "The fabric is 100% Regenerative Organic Certified cotton, which is the right start. A shirt is also thread, neck tape and labels, and Outerknown doesn't name any of them. Polyester thread is the norm unless a maker says otherwise, so the shirt stays off the list.",
        "date": "2026-11-11",
        "passes": [
          "pass-1",
          "pass-2"
        ],
        "agree": true,
        "caveat": "Unknown: the sewing thread, the neck and seam tape, the side-seam label, the care and size labels, and any dye or print. Packaging not checked."
      },
      "components": [
        {
          "name": "shell fabric",
          "role": "major",
          "material": "Regenerative Organic Certified cotton",
          "class": "not-plastic",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": {
            "url": "https://outerknown.com/products/all-good-things-tee-salt",
            "quote": "100% Regenerative Organic Certified® Cotton",
            "translation": "",
            "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
            "archive": ""
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "sewing thread",
          "role": "major",
          "material": "",
          "class": "unknown",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": null
        },
        {
          "name": "neck tape or seam tape",
          "role": "minor",
          "material": "",
          "class": "unknown",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": null
        },
        {
          "name": "side-seam label",
          "role": "minor",
          "material": "not stated",
          "class": "unknown",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": {
            "url": "https://outerknown.com/products/all-good-things-tee-salt",
            "quote": "This crew neck tee features our Outerknown label at the side seam.",
            "translation": "",
            "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
            "archive": ""
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "hang tag and sizing label",
          "role": "minor",
          "material": "",
          "class": "unknown",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": null
        },
        {
          "name": "neck tape and seam tape",
          "role": "major",
          "material": "not stated",
          "class": "unknown",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": null
        },
        {
          "name": "care and size labels",
          "role": "minor",
          "material": "not stated",
          "class": "unknown",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": null
        },
        {
          "name": "dye or print",
          "role": "minor",
          "material": "not stated",
          "class": "unknown",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": null
        }
      ],
      "packaging": {
        "verified": false,
        "materials": [],
        "class": "unknown",
        "source": null
      },
      "commentary": [],
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          "credit": "Photo: Outerknown (outerknown.com)",
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    }
  ]
}