Nylon Puffer Jacket
900g jacket, nylon shell + polyester fill
Three different synthetics bonded into one garment, sometimes with a water-repellent coating. That mix means almost no puffer jacket is recyclable — the whole thing is landfilled or shredded into low-grade filler.
Material breakdown
4 components- Nylon shell fabric300g
- Recycled polyester wadding520g
- Polyester lining60g
- Nylon zip & toggles20g
Production footprint
Per unitEstimated upstream manufacturing footprint per unit, based on resin LCA averages.
Lower-impact alternatives
- Responsibly sourced down jacketNatural fill lasts decades; shell is still synthetic but far less mass.120gplastic
- Wool overcoatFully natural fibre, repairable, no coating chemistry.0gplastic
- Repaired or resold pufferPatch kits extend life for years at almost no footprint.0gplastic
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References for this item
Peer-reviewed studies and institutional reports behind the figures above.
- The contribution of washing processes of synthetic clothes to microplastic pollution ↗De Falco, F., Di Pace, E., Cocca, M. & Avella, M. (2019) · Scientific Reports, 9, 6633
Measures microfibre release per wash for polyester, polypropylene and polyamide garments — the basis for our shedding notes.
- Environmental impact of textile reuse and recycling – A review ↗Sandin, G. & Peters, G. M. (2018) · Journal of Cleaner Production, 184, 353–365
Reviews 41 studies on textile reuse and recycling; shows reuse consistently beats recycling, and blended fabrics are rarely recycled fibre-to-fibre. Backs our low recycling odds for blends.
- Textiles and the environment: the role of design in Europe's circular economy ↗European Environment Agency (2022) · EEA Briefing
EU-level per-person consumption, water and land use of textiles, and the design decisions that drive them.