Nylon Tights 3-Pack
3 pairs, 120g total plus card sleeves
Tights are designed to fail: a single snag ends the pair. Billions are sold each year and virtually none are collected, because nylon-elastane blends have no recycling route.
Material breakdown
3 components- Nylon 6.6 fibre108g
- Elastane12g
- Polybag & hanger tab6g
Production footprint
Per unitEstimated upstream manufacturing footprint per unit, based on resin LCA averages.
Lower-impact alternatives
- Ladder-resistant thick tightsDenser knit survives many more wears.126gplastic
- Wool or cotton tightsNatural fibre, warmer, mendable.0gplastic
- Swedish Stockings-style take-backA few brands recycle worn tights into fibreglass tank filler.126gplastic
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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.