100% Cotton does NOT mean it's Biodegradable!

Natural fiber clothes, like 100% cotton, are biodegradable... right?
Unfortunately most of the time this is not actually true.
Unlike food or beauty products clothing only gives us a small bit of info about the "ingredients" that went into it, and many parts like the thread, elastics, dyes, and prints/treatments, are typically not biodegradable.

I have found some brands whose clothing you can safely compost though! Check them out here: https://mygreencloset.com/compostable-clothing/

But for the vast majority of clothes, it's best to try and recycle them.

Watch my video about spandex and why it can be a very important part of clothing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W0lQ-rT30w
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