Sustainable Athleticwear Brands | Stop Buying Polyester #sustainableliving #workoutclothes

Think your athleticwear is helping you stay healthy? Think again! 🙅 Most activewear is made from polyester, a plastic-based fabric that sheds microplastics with every wash - polluting our oceans, harming marine life, and even making its way into our bodies. Beyond that, polyester is not sustainable, relies on fossil fuels, and often contains toxic chemicals that can be absorbed through sweat. 🤢 But there’s a better way! 7 ethical and sustainable U.S.-based brands that are ditching polyester for natural, toxin-free, and eco-conscious alternatives include: - Allwear (natural fabrics, non-tox certifications, fair wage & safe working conditions, 100% vegan) - Branwyn (responsible & ethical wool farming, carbon offsets, women-founded, Santoni knitting) - Happy Earth (organic cotton, 95% fair trade, vegan, B-corp, 1% for the Planet, climate neutral certified) - Harvest & Mill (organic cotton, fully U.S. supply chain, carbon neutral, plastic-free shipping, non-tox, vegan) - Lezat (natural fabrics, minority-owned, female-led, carbkn & plastic neutral, non-tox certifications, non-tox dyes, eco-friendly buttons, fair wages) - MATE (organic materials, fair wage & safe working conditions, women-founded, circular recycling program, climate neutral, B-corp, non-tox certifications) - Woolly (responsible & ethical wool farming, circular recycling program) TLDR many of these brands are climate-neutral, have non-toxic certifications (like OEKO-TEX and GOTS), and make sure their supply chain is fair-waged and safe. Also, supporting U.S.-based brands helps reduce the carbon footprint from overseas shipping and ensures better labor standards! 🥳 BUT, before buying new, remember to shop secondhand first to reduce waste. One good way to avoid polyester while secondhand shopping for athleticwear is to check the tag of the clothing for material information before you commit to purchasing it. 👍 Let’s choose gear that’s good for us and the planet! ♻️🌎 #sustainableclothing #polyester