If we are not careful, travel – especially long-distance travel – can be horrendously environmentally unfriendly, so we should probably all do less of it. When we do travel though, there are things we can do to limit our impact, including our choice of luggage.
PROJECTKIN specialises in sustainable luggage and accessories that are manufactured from a mixture of flax fibres and bioplastics. It encourages sustainable behaviour and has the ethos that if we make things to last then we can move away from wasteful consumption.
Its carry-ons cost £299. The company states that when buying these suitcases, each customer is avoiding 2kg of plastic. The flax linen used for the lining is more sustainable than the nylon and cotton traditionally used for such items, while the shell is also flax and biodegradable plastic. The handles and details are vegetable-tanned leather from cattle not bred for leather, eg, dairy cows.
Its weekend bags (£249) and tote bags (£169) are made from sustainably sourced hemp, which is also more durable than cotton. Travel accessories – wash bag (£79), packing cubes (£49), shoe bag (£29) and laundry bag (£25) – are made from linen instead of cotton, as well as hemp, with the same sustainable leather as the carry-ons above. Their water-repellent coating is bio-based.
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If we are not careful, travel – especially long-distance travel – can be horrendously environmentally unfriendly, so we should probably all do less of it. When we do travel though, there are things we can do to limit our impact, including our choice of luggage.
PROJECTKIN specialises in sustainable luggage and accessories that are manufactured from a mixture of flax fibres and bioplastics. It encourages sustainable behaviour and has the ethos that if we make things to last then we can move away from wasteful consumption.
Its carry-ons cost £299. The company states that when buying these suitcases, each customer is avoiding 2kg of plastic. The flax linen used for the lining is more sustainable than the nylon and cotton traditionally used for such items, while the shell is also flax and biodegradable plastic. The handles and details are vegetable-tanned leather from cattle not bred for leather, eg, dairy cows.
Its weekend bags (£249) and tote bags (£169) are made from sustainably sourced hemp, which is also more durable than cotton. Travel accessories – wash bag (£79), packing cubes (£49), shoe bag (£29) and laundry bag (£25) – are made from linen instead of cotton, as well as hemp, with the same sustainable leather as the carry-ons above. Their water-repellent coating is bio-based.