Vent: I just found out my 'green' laundry routine was a total lie

I've been using those laundry detergent sheets for a year because the box said 'plastic free' and 'biodegradable'. Then I saw a report from a group in Portland that tested them, and most are just plastic polymers that break into microplastics. The box even had a little tree logo! I feel so dumb for not looking past the marketing. I was trying to cut down my plastic use and I was literally washing plastic into the water every week. Has anyone else been tricked by 'eco' packaging that turned out to be fake?

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ray3562d ago

Ever notice how this greenwashing messes with your sense of scale? You try to do the right thing with your laundry, then find out it's fake, and it makes the whole problem feel too big to fix. It happens with everything from food labels to what counts as recycled material. The goal seems to be to make you feel guilty for not buying their product, not to actually solve anything. After a while you just get tired of playing detective for every single purchase.

ray3562d ago

Greenwashing is a real scam. Makes you question everything.

murphy.mason2d ago

Yeah, the "question everything" part hits hard. It's wild how even the words they use are fake. Like "net zero" for an oil company that's still drilling new wells, or "eco-friendly" on a plastic bottle that can't be recycled in most places. They're not just lying about a product, they're making the real solutions seem less special. Makes it way harder to trust the companies actually trying.