Eco friendly and sustainable backpacks and handbags

Backpacks and handbags

At Ekohunters you will find sustainable backpacks and bags designed by the best fair fashion brands of the world. Backpacks and bags are essential when moving from one place to another and you need to carry things with you such as books or a laptop. They are key accessories for school, college, work and everything in between even to travel for a short time. Many of the backpacks in addition to having the inner compartment for the laptop, they have multiple pockets to save small objects. In our section of sustainable bags and backpacks there are vegan designs, some pieces made with recycled material, ethical and free plastic articles, zero waste products and designs produced with certified materials. Their eco-design brands create their backpacks and bags focusing on developing an environmental, ethical and fair production in each eco friendly bag and backpack using 100% natural materials such as organic cotton and sustainable hemp, thus reducing the use of water and producing durable pieces.

Some featured backpacks and bags

Traveler is, as its name implies, our best eco backpack to travel for a short time, for example for a day excursion. It is water resistant and it is handmade with GOTS certified organic cotton dyed. Also, this backpack has two internal side pockets and a padded one for a laptop. Hemper is one of those backpack brands that is deeply committed to the development of a fair and ethical production system. Hemper works along with different groups of hemp artisans from Nepal in its mission and they create unique, vegan and durable backpacks, bags and other accessories perfect for school, travel or go for a walk.

Among all the brands that use sustainable raw material to produce their eco friendly backpacks it is Bhangara. Do you need a backpack for school or for work? They have the perfect one, made with 100% organic hemp.  All their backpacks are plastic free, have a durable quality and eco friendly production. This material uses 50% less water than the cotton production making it one of the best materials in the world for sustainable fashion brands. The Parbat eco friendly backpack combines organic hemp with cotton and it is colored with sustainable and organic inks, being PETA vegan certified. As it’s vegan certified, it doesn’t contain animal ingredients and it’s cruelty free. This backpack features a compartment with a protective divisor for a laptop.

Another sustainable brand that makes eco friendly backpacks and bags is Analo and for that it uses water resistant paper as its main material. In addition to being a washable and very durable material, it is OEKO-TEX certified and FSC certified. That means that it is chemical free and comes from forests managed in an ethical way. As its name implies, Big Essential is a bag that is a very functional fashion accessory for going out or for work. It is plastic free since its closure button is made with metal and jute. This water resistant bag can be washed in the washing machine.

Deriva Sailmakers proposes a cleaner and stronger local fashion industry by combining recycled nautical materials with 3d printed design pieces. Under a zero waste philosophy, it makes unique, durable and eco friendly bags and backpacks. So as that, for example Its sand bag has the best sustainable story to tell since it is made of recycled boat cover and fishing nets from an old fishing warehouse. Thanks to this bag, these recycled materials were prevented from being a waste so they have a second life instead. Whiskey backpack is a perfect design for work with a sober look and ethical message. As all sustainable Deriva products this backpack is made with recycled materials from the ocean.

Finally, highlight the sustainable Ricebag made from recycled rice bags that are recovered from the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal. This recycled bag is perfect to go out for a walk wearing a distinctive fashion complement to everything known. However you choose a vegan, organic, plastic free, zero waste, recycled or other types of eco friendly backpack or bag design, you will promote a more fair fashion industry system of production and that is the best ethical decision of consumption that we can make. The fact of going to school, work or travel with these eco friendly backpacks will inspire others to be more conscious about the brands that they choose when shopping.

Remember to take into account the materials used for the eco friendly backpacks elaboration: organic hemp, recycled fabric, cotton, natural fibers, recycled plastic. Each sustainable backpack and bag has its own story of environment protection to convey. You can use the filters that we have available to see only those backpacks made of specific materials or of a particular size, among other options.