{
  "slug": "work-pants",
  "name": "Work pants",
  "question": "Which work pants have no plastic in the pocketing, the thread, the fly or the reinforcements?",
  "status": "nothing-qualifies",
  "updated": "2026-11-11",
  "editor": "cody-wauters",
  "page": "https://amaterio.com/plastic-free/work-pants/",
  "summary": "No pair of work pants is on this list yet. We checked Imperfects' Courier Pant OG Fit in Craft Canvas: 100% organic cotton canvas with a brass tack fly and a brass rear buckle, all by the maker's word. It stays off because Imperfects never says what the sewing thread or the pocket bags are, and workwear thread is polyester more often than not. The waistband interfacing and the labels are unstated too, and the pants ship in a zip lock bag.",
  "whyPlastic": "Duck canvas and twill are cotton. Everything added to make the pants survive is not. Pocket bags are polyester-cotton. Thread is heavy polyester or bonded nylon, run triple-stitched along every seam that carries load. Zipper flies run polyester tape with metal or nylon teeth. Knee panels are Cordura nylon, knee-pad pockets take a foam insert, and a hammer loop is nylon webbing. Gusset and stretch panels are elastane. Flame-resistant and water-repellent finishes are polymer or fluorochemical coatings on the cloth. Rivets and tack buttons are brass or steel, which is fine.",
  "whatToCheck": [
    "Fabric: 100% cotton canvas, duck or twill, with no stretch or polyester?",
    "Pocket bags: cotton twill, or polyester-cotton?",
    "Thread: 100% cotton, or polyester and bonded nylon?",
    "Fly: tack or metal buttons, or a zipper with the tape named?",
    "Rivets and buttons: solid brass, copper or steel, or painted?",
    "Reinforcements: doubled cotton, or nylon panels, foam knee pads and nylon webbing loops?",
    "Treatment: none or a named wax, or a water-repellent or flame-resistant finish?"
  ],
  "faq": [],
  "whyNone": "",
  "products": [
    {
      "slug": "imperfects-courier-pant-og-fit-craft-canvas",
      "name": "Courier Pant OG Fit in Craft Canvas",
      "brand": "Imperfects",
      "category": "work-pants",
      "tier": "cannot-tell",
      "rank": null,
      "page": "https://amaterio.com/plastic-free/work-pants/imperfects-courier-pant-og-fit-craft-canvas/",
      "url": null,
      "affiliateUrl": null,
      "price": {
        "amount": 179,
        "currency": "USD",
        "seenAt": "2026-11-11"
      },
      "madeIn": "Vietnam",
      "inTheBox": "",
      "unknowns": [
        "sewing thread",
        "pocket bags and hidden coin pocket",
        "knee panels",
        "waistband interfacing",
        "labels and sewn-in tags",
        "wash and finish"
      ],
      "verdict": {
        "summary": "The cloth is 100% organic cotton canvas and the hardware is brass, which is a good start. A pair of pants is also thread, pocket bags and a waistband, and Imperfects doesn't name any of those. Workwear thread is polyester more often than not, so these stay off the list until the maker says.",
        "date": "2026-11-11",
        "passes": [
          "pass-1",
          "pass-2"
        ],
        "agree": true,
        "caveat": "Unknown: the sewing thread, the pocket bags and hidden coin pocket, the waistband interfacing, the second layer of the knee panels, the sewn-in labels, and anything used in the wash. The pants arrive in a reusable zip lock bag, which is plastic."
      },
      "components": [
        {
          "name": "shell fabric",
          "role": "major",
          "material": "100% organic cotton nail head canvas, 10oz",
          "class": "not-plastic",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": {
            "url": "https://imperfects.com/products/courier-pant-in-craft-canvas",
            "quote": "100% Organic 10oz Nail Head Cotton Canvas",
            "translation": "",
            "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
            "archive": "http://web.archive.org/web/20260102004125/https://imperfects.com/products/courier-pant-in-craft-canvas"
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "button fly tacks",
          "role": "major",
          "material": "brass",
          "class": "not-plastic",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": {
            "url": "https://imperfects.com/products/courier-pant-in-craft-canvas",
            "quote": "Brass Tack Button Fly Closes with brass tacks, reinforced to last.",
            "translation": "",
            "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
            "archive": "http://web.archive.org/web/20260102004125/https://imperfects.com/products/courier-pant-in-craft-canvas"
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "rear buckle",
          "role": "minor",
          "material": "brass",
          "class": "not-plastic",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": {
            "url": "https://imperfects.com/products/courier-pant-in-craft-canvas",
            "quote": "Pull-tab french buckle in brass hardware at rear of waist, under belt line",
            "translation": "",
            "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
            "archive": "http://web.archive.org/web/20260102004125/https://imperfects.com/products/courier-pant-in-craft-canvas"
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "sewing thread",
          "role": "major",
          "material": "",
          "class": "unknown",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": null
        },
        {
          "name": "pocket bags and hidden coin pocket",
          "role": "major",
          "material": "",
          "class": "unknown",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": null
        },
        {
          "name": "knee panels",
          "role": "major",
          "material": "not stated",
          "class": "unknown",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": {
            "url": "https://imperfects.com/products/courier-pant-in-craft-canvas",
            "quote": "Double-Layer Knee Panels Two layers at the knee, open so knee pads can slide in.",
            "translation": "",
            "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
            "archive": "http://web.archive.org/web/20260102004125/https://imperfects.com/products/courier-pant-in-craft-canvas"
          }
        },
        {
          "name": "waistband interfacing",
          "role": "minor",
          "material": "",
          "class": "unknown",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": null
        },
        {
          "name": "labels and sewn-in tags",
          "role": "minor",
          "material": "",
          "class": "unknown",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": null
        },
        {
          "name": "wash and finish",
          "role": "minor",
          "material": "not stated",
          "class": "unknown",
          "ruling": null,
          "source": {
            "url": "https://imperfects.com/products/courier-pant-in-craft-canvas",
            "quote": "Washed so it's ready to go with no break-in period.",
            "translation": "",
            "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
            "archive": "http://web.archive.org/web/20260102004125/https://imperfects.com/products/courier-pant-in-craft-canvas"
          }
        }
      ],
      "packaging": {
        "verified": true,
        "materials": [
          "reusable zip lock bag"
        ],
        "class": "plastic",
        "source": {
          "url": "https://imperfects.com/products/courier-pant-in-craft-canvas",
          "quote": "it's ready to go right out of the reusable zip lock Imperf Packaging",
          "translation": "",
          "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
          "archive": "http://web.archive.org/web/20260102004125/https://imperfects.com/products/courier-pant-in-craft-canvas"
        }
      },
      "commentary": [],
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          "alt": "Imperfects Courier Pant OG Fit in Craft Canvas",
          "credit": "Photo: Imperfects (imperfects.com)",
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}