Ready, Set, Go –Your perfect travel bag can be found below!
When it comes to travel, few things are as essential as your luggage. But beyond durability and design, have you ever thought about the environmental impact of your suitcase? Many popular luggage brands rely on virgin plastics, resource-intensive manufacturing processes, and unsustainable materials that contribute to the growing problem of waste and carbon emissions.
Thankfully, a wave of innovative companies is rethinking how luggage is made, offering options that combine style, functionality, and a lighter footprint on the planet. From recycled materials to lifetime guarantees, these brands are proving that you don’t have to sacrifice quality for consciousness.
Whether you’re a frequent flyer or an occasional road-tripper, you can pack with purpose—and leave a smaller environmental trail behind.
A Full Set
Eagle Creek
EVERY-CHOICE, EVERYBODY, EVERYWHERE. Eagle Creek uses recycled materials and responsible manufacturing methods to support a healthy planet. Protecting cultural and natural resources is a way to give back to local communities and generations to come. Getting involved in outdoor and community projects, and supporting multiple conservations contributes to preserving natural spaces.
For those who prioritize tidiness at the time of traveling, we’ve got you a game-changing solution. This packing starter will help organize your stuff inside your bag. The Pack-It Isolate Extended Stay Set includes one shoe sack; a medium cube with a compartment to separate clean from dirty clothes, or damp from dry ones; and four semi-structured packing cubes in medium and large sizes to maximize your packing space, great for pants, t-shirts, and underwear.
BACKPACKS
Eagle Creek
Eagle Creek’s textile supply chain process ensures safe fabric for the environment, workers and end customers. The 26L Explore Backpack is a great option for small trips or everyday use. This multi-skilled item has a dedicated laptop compartment (with an additional passport sleeve) protected by a water-resistant and secure zip. With ergonomically shaped shoulder straps and a side entry zipper, accessibility, and safety have never been more guaranteed for any adventure.
United by Blue
Taking business as a moral and responsible contributor to addressing environmental solutions. This is the motivation behind their B Corp status. They create long-lasting products exclusively with materials that are environmentally and ethically sourced. Partnered with high-standard factories, they are also committed to the quality of life of the workers who manufacture their products.
No matter where the destination, this bag is great on the go! This Convertable Carryall Backpack Is designed to adapt to your lifestyle, whether you’re doing your daily commute or going on a weekend adventure. With adjustable shoulder straps that transform it from a backpack to a tote, padded laptop sleeve, and weather-resistent protection, this bag is built to keep up with you and keep you organized.
Cotopaxi
This B-Corporation is focused on the power of business as a force for social, environmental, and economic good. Waste-saving, one-of-a-kind products, with a built-in connection between designers, sewers, and customers.
If you are going on a quick overnight getaway, the Allpa Mini 20L Travel Pack will accompany you anywhere. Bold colors, small details, and personality. This pack features 100% recycled, super durable, and water-resistant fabric. A whole package: a suitcase-style bag that includes 2 large internal pockets, tablet sleeve, 4 webbing attachment points for extra gear among multiple features.
Day Owl
This brand is working hard to become the first circular backpack company, creating their products from recycled landfill-bound materials. They repair and refurbish them to keep them in circulation for multiple owners, and utilize them to become input materials for new bags once they’re completely used up. They are also a Benefit Corporation, meaning that they meet the highest standards of social and environmental consideration.
The Backpack Pro is a super functional bag is perfect for business or personal travel. With a 16 inch laptop sleeve, insulated neoprene sleeve that fits a 32oz water bottle, floating top pocket, flat front pocket, and even a secret side pocket, there is plenty of storage for all of your travel must-haves! This backpack has the lowest carbon footprint of any professional backpack on the market while keeping sustainability in mind, with the canvas made from 25 recycled post-consumer plastic bottles. The inside features 100% recycled polyester lining and trim, algae-based foam, water-repellant neoprene, and conflict-free metal YKK zippers! It also comes in several minimalist colors, and can be personalized too!
The DUFFEL Bag
“We’re in business to save our home planet”. The well-known ethical brand is conscious of the impacts the fashion industry makes on the world. Patagonia is here to protect the people and to take action on the most pressing environmental issues our world is facing. With your purchase, Patagonia contributes 1% of its sales to the preservation and restoration of the natural environment.
The Black Hole Duffel Bag has a capacity of 55L. It is made of recycled and long-lasting materials and made in a Fair Trade Certified™ factory. The padded, removable handles can be adjusted to turn the duffel into a backpack. A main practical compartment with a padded base intended for protecting gear. There’s also a wide array of colors and styles for whatever fits your vibe.
Parker Clay
Your choices matter! When you buy a Parker Clay product, you are contributing to the Ethiopian women who created them. Each purchase provides 15 hours of employment to the Ethiopian team. Parker Clay is certified as a B corporation. What does this mean? That this company meets the highest standards of social and environmental impact.
The Omo Overnight Bag is crafted from premium Ethiopian full-grain leather: a natural and unaltered leather of the highest quality available; Parker Clay designs are made to last! Its size is the right one for light travel or a quick getaway. It can be carried by its handles or worn as a backpack for hands-free adventures.
Anchal Project
Connecting the beautiful artistry of the designers and artisans in India, Anchal is a non-profit social enterprise that leverages design and collaboration to create sustainable, eco-friendly textiles. Anchal Project’s positive impact comes from sustainable employment, long-lasting relationships and fair-trade principles.
A sturdy but lightweight duffel for a weekend getaway. A canvas duffel dyed with nontoxic dyes, embellished with colorful applique and embroidered details, is the perfect combination for a stylish, fine item. With an interior slip pocket and two exterior slip pockets for quick access, this duffle is perfect for a weekend trip or a quick daytime adventure. Featuring a hand-stitched signature of the maker on the inside label, you directly support the woman who made it.
Rolling Bags
Paravel
A Travel + Leisure Global Vision Award Winner: Paravel is an ethical luggage brand that doesn’t sacrifice design, price, or quality to have an eco-friendly product. This NY-based brand has a forward-thinking sustainability model and has already upcycled over 2 million plastic water bottles into negative nylon.
With incredible spaciousness and an eye-catching design, the Aviator Grand is ideal for extended stays. A carbon-neutral suitcase that incorporates sustainable and recycled materials wherever you imagine, from the flexible polycarbonate shell to the zippers, and a lining made from 21 bottles! Engineered with an advanced dual-wheel design for a smooth-riding performance. It even offers a 5-year warranty.
Solgaard
Their goal is to help cut ocean plastic in half by 2025. For every item sold, Solgaard has committed to removing 229 ocean-bound plastic bottles. For this work, they have partnered to create jobs for locals to pull the plastic out of the ocean, which is later upcycled into useful goods.
Meet the award-winning Carry-On Closet suitcase. This eco-friendly rigid luggage offers an innovative shelving system design. If you are an organized person, this is the best option for you. With a removable 6 shelve-closet that has six shelves and a compression strap to maximize storage, you can personalize your luggage for your trip. It also opens in a pinch, has a USB charging port and 360-degree wheels for spinning; traveling has never been easier!
Samsonite
Join Samsonite on a responsible journey! This popular brand’s goal is to become the most sustainable lifestyle bag and travel luggage company in the world. Innovation, quality and durability. By making products that endure, they seek to reduce the impact on the planet and ensure people on engaging and getting the benefit of an ethical state of mind.
Designed to help the planet and built to travel across it, the Maxum Eco Large Spinner is the perfect choice for those seeking a sound, secure and stunning piece of luggage. Sustainability and style hand in hand, that’s what Samsonite aspired to when creating this bag, incorporating post consumer recycle materials and post consumer RPET Recyclex lining. It’s large checked size with 360° wheels for easy use.
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