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🌎 10.5 million tons of textile waste end up in the landfill every year, just in the USA!
Men’s T-shirts can be made with many different materials. The irresponsible manufacturer produces their underwear using toxic, polluting, synthetic, and cheap materials to increase their profit at the expense of their customers’ health and the environment.
🌟Let’s reduce waste, let’s buy better quality clothes! Don’t follow the fashion, but make your own!
❌ Avoid conventional t-shirts made with toxic dyes and cheap material, often synthetic and petroleum-derived. They contain chemicals that affect health, they are linked to hormonal imbalance and infertility, low testosterone, erectile dysfunction, and other reproductive issues. Exposure and effects of these chemicals are drawing the attention of many.
If you experience a low testosterone level, it could be a toxic chemical in men’s underwear.
❌ Synthetic clothes: They are made of polyester, nylon, acrylic, spandex, rayon, or polyamide. These clothes release 9 MILLION plastic microfibers into the ocean every time we wash them. They make up 35% of the primary microplastics found in the oceans!
❌ Conventional Cotton: Avoid conventional cotton of any kind.
Do you know that conventional cotton is considered the dirtiest crop in the world?
It is responsible for 16% of insecticides and 7% of pesticides on the planet! 🙈
It takes 713 gallons of water to make a non-organic t-shirt. 713 gallons of water are enough for a person to drink for 900 days. The water consumption of organic cotton is 91% lower than conventional cotton.
Avoid Greenwashing t-shirts made by brands that pretend to be sustainable, or eco-friendly when they are not. They will try to convince the products are somehow green without proving it.
They claim to be organic without certification. It doesn’t matter how big or luxurious their brand is, or if it is a designer line, if it is not made with responsible material in fair production, there is nothing sexy here.
❌ Greenwashing Cotton: Even if they claim “organic” or “natural” cotton, if they don’t display the GOTS Certified seal, they may have something to hide.
❌ Recycled synthetic material: it still releases microplastics when washing
❌ Avoid Bamboo viscose AKA Bamboo rayon: It is a bio-based semi-synthetic material created from cellulose fibers from bamboo. Even though bamboo is grown without pesticides, it is made into viscose, which requires toxic chemicals (chemicals carbon disulfide, solvents such as sodium hydroxide — a.k.a caustic soda) and a polluting process. Plus, it is mostly made in China! Therefore, bamboo viscose is greenwashing
❌ Avoid Modal: viscose that has been made using a closed-loop production process. This more sustainable process also tends to lead to slightly stronger, more durable fabrics.
❌ Avoid Lyocell: its processing also omits certain harmful chemicals altogether.
❌ Avoid Tencel: Tencel is Lenzing’s trademarked version of lyocell or modal yarn
✅ The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) is the worldwide leading textile processing standard for organic fibers, including ecological and social criteria, backed up by independent certification of the entire textile supply chain.
The standard covers the processing, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, trading, and distribution of all textiles made from certified organic natural fibers.
The aim of the standard is to ensure the organic status of textiles, from harvesting of the raw materials, through environmentally and socially responsible manufacturing, up to labeling.
🍃 GOTS Certification also certifies the product does not have toxic heavy metals, pesticides, GMOs, chlorine bleaching, toxic dyes, PVC (all things that conventional cotton has 🙈🙊).
🍃It also certifies that the production has respected ecological rules on waste, water use, disposal, and protection of the environment, that it has followed rules that respect the workers, and finally protection for the consumer’s health.
✅ The Fair Trade Certified Factory: logo means these brands partner with Fair Trade Certified™ factories that provide safe working conditions, community support, and additional development funds to those working on-site.
I listed here the best GOTS-certified organic T-shirt brands:
🌟Their cotton is superior, more resistant, and incredibly soft, compared to conventional cotton! Their cotton will last you much longer than cheaper conventional options.
🍃By choosing only GOTS Certified organic, we are sending a clear message to the toxic and greenwashing cotton companies: their marketing strategies are not working with us. By not supporting their brands, we are reshaping the market for better and more responsible products. 🌎
Here are the top certified organic men’s t-shirt brand recommendations:
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🍃 Do you know that conventional cotton is considered the dirtiest crop in the world? It is responsible for 16% of insecticides and 7% of pesticides on the planet! 🍃 Sustainable fashion is possible!
Their amazing collection for men is made with GOTS 🍃Their cotton is incredibly soft and durable, compared to conventional cotton (considered the dirtiest crop in the world with their 16% insecticide and 7% pesticide use on the planet!) ☁️Certified GOTS organic cotton is made without toxic chemicals and pesticides. It protects the soil and 💦water (81% less water used) and energy⚡️ (62% less energy), while 👩🌾 protecting farmers who work the crop! Organic cotton prevents skin rash and protects delicate skin, especially with babies!🍃Once you try organic cotton you won't go back! I just placed another order!!😉
Certified Organic Cotton consumes very little water compared to conventional cotton. As they don’t use harmful inorganic pesticides and fertilizers, there is little to no water pollution, so you conserve water every time you choose organic.
MATERIAL: 100% GOTS Certified Organic Cotton
🌿 Organic Basics are made with GOTS Certified Organic Cotton, softer, natural, safer cotton. The GOTS standard guarantees that no harmful chemicals were used to grow it and that the people who made this are paid living wages, treated fairly, and manufactured in ethical working conditions.
Made in better working conditions means living wages, no child labor, freely chosen employment, and respect for the environment.
Organic Boxer briefs made with long-form organic cotton
The PETA "Vegan Approved" logo indicates that the product is cruelty-free and that it does not contain any animal products or by-products.
Colors: black, navy, white, cobalt, gray melange.
✅ Organic Certified by USB Licence No: USB TEX 2015
✅ PETA "Vegan Approved"
✅ Made in Turkey
✅ Simple design with no logos or frills
✅ Tag-free elastic waistband
MATERIAL: 95% GOTS organic cotton, 5% elastane
🌿Cottonique uses most of the cotton content on their garments. Cottonique is created with allergies in mind: an allergy-free undergarment without any latex or Spandex.
While most athletic pieces available contain elastics, synthetics, formaldehyde resin, and other substances to make them dry fit and stretchable, but can trigger allergies and irritation for men with sensitive skin. This is why we made a men’s athletic shirt without any of the nasty stuff.
☁️ Made with 100% chemical-free organic cotton fabric.
This organic men's Athletic V-Neck Tee is ideal for men with sensitive skin who don’t want allergies and irritation to get in the way of an active lifestyle. Together, a classic, comfortable fit, an irritation-free label, and latex-free armbands, working out will always be safe and itch-free.
Classic-fit with a V-neck design for a dapper look
MATERIAL: GOTS-certified organic cotton fabric