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OXO Good Grips Dish Brush with black soft-grip and white nylon bristles

OXO Good Grips Dish Brush

Not recommended

The mainstream all-plastic dish brush - polypropylene handle, soft rubber grip, and nylon bristles. Well designed, but the bristles are plastic and shed microplastic as they wear.

We don't recommend this one

A polypropylene handle and nylon bristles - the entire cleaning surface is plastic that sheds as it scrubs. For a natural-bristle brush, see the Redecker Original (tampico) or the No Tox Life Casa Agave.

The verdict: Mostly plastic

This is the standard-issue plastic dish brush done well: a polypropylene core with a soft Santoprene (TPE) non-slip grip and nylon bristles. The problem is the bristles - the part that does the work and wears down is nylon, a plastic that abrades against your pans and sheds microplastic just like a foam sponge. A comfortable handle doesn't change what's touching your dishes. There's no natural fiber anywhere in it.

Verification: Manufacturer confirmed

What it's made of

PartMaterialSurface contact
bristles
nylon bristles - the plastic cleaning surface that sheds as it wears
Nylon
Polyamide
Yes primary
handle
polypropylene core with a soft Santoprene (TPE) grip
Polypropylene
PP, #5
No

A well-designed everyday dish brush with a comfortable non-slip handle and a scraper edge. As hardware it's genuinely good - the reason it's documented here rather than recommended is the material, covered in the verdict above.

Pros

  • Comfortable, well-designed handle with a non-slip grip and scraper edge
  • Durable and inexpensive

Cons

  • Nylon bristles are plastic and shed microplastic as they abrade
  • Not replaceable-head; the whole brush is landfill plastic at the end

Categories: Dish Brushes & Bottle Brushes

Sources

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