The 10 Best Sustainable Luggage Brands for Any Adventure

Buying a piece of luggage is ideally an investment — if you find something durable enough, it can last you for decades. Fortunately, there are plenty of brands out there trying to make the world of travel more eco-friendly by producing eco-friendly luggage, including suitcases, weekenders, duffels, backpacks, and more.

Women-founded company Dagne Dover, known for its modern neoprene bags, offers luggage items including weekender bags, duffels, and suitcases. The durable and vegan soft-sided suitcases are composed of recycled materials, including REPREVE recycled poly and GRS certified recycled 900D poly. Dagne Dover also has a number of initiatives to be more sustainable and minimize waste, and the company started the Almost Vintage resale program so customers can buy and sell used Dagne Dover products.

My Vegan Bags, aka MVB, makes backpacks, duffels, messenger bags, and more, for both urban and travel needs. MVB uses various eco-friendly and animal-free materials, including natural Portuguese cork, recycled ocean plastic, and recycled PET. MVB is a PETA-approved vegan company, and it also has the Global Recycled Standard seal.

The trendy BÉIS Travel, founded by actress Shay Mitchell, makes hard-sided suitcases in stunning colors, as well as backpacks, weekenders, and travel accessories. The company has a few policies that make their stylish luggage more sustainable, including offering a (limited) lifetime warranty program for rolling suitcases, and making all trims from vegan leather. BÉIS also started the Second BÉIS resale program, which allows customers to buy secondhand or imperfect products at a discount.

Solo New York makes eco-friendly luggage as well as totes, work bags, laptop sleeves, and more. Many of the brand's items are made with a lightweigh yet strong recycled PET polyester, derived from plastic bottles in a sustainable recycling process. Solo is a partner of the National Forest Foundation, and as of publication, Solo has planted 48,000 trees.

Swedish brand Fjällräven, known for its Classic Kånken backpacks, also makes rolling suitcases, duffels, hip packs, and more. Many of Fjällräven's bags are made from recycled polyamide and without PFAS, and the company's styles are designed to be timeless and long-lasting. Most of the brand's signature bags are vegan, but some products are made with wool, leather, and down. The brand also runs the Fjällräven Pre-Loved resale platform, which lets customers buy and sell used Fjällräven products.

Luggage company Samsonite makes a wide variety of suitcases, as well as other travel bags and accessories. To make some of its products, Samsonite uses Recyclex fabric, which is composed of 100 percent recycled plastic bottles. Samsonite is working to increase its use of recycled materials. Additionally, the company offers long warranties as well as more than 200 repair centers around the world to help inrease the longevity of its products.

GOT BAG's mission is to reduce plastic in the world, which the company does by producing bags with recycled materials, and taking part in plastic pollution cleanup programs. The company makes one suitcase, which features a recycled polycarbonate hard shell; there are also backpacks made from recycled plastic, some of which were designed in collaboration with Jason Momoa. GOT BAG is also a Certified B Corp and PETA-approved vegan.

Outdoors brand Patagonia produces a number of travel bags, including wheeling duffels, regular duffels, backpacks, and more — some of which are part of the store's line of Black Hole Bags. Many of these bags are made with recycled polyester, coated with a weather-resistant recycled TPU film, and made in a Fair Trade Certified factory. Patagonia is a partner of 1% for the Planet, and has a Worn Wear program where customers can shop used Patagonia gear.

Family-owned business Lo & Sons makes bags including weekenders, backpacks, duffels, and totes. The company uses a variety of eco-friendly materials, including recycled nylon and polyester, cotton, and vegan Nopal cactus leather (note that the company also uses animal-based leather for some products). Lo & Sons has a goal to be a circular brand, and the company has a partnership with Looptworks to design new products using upcycled materials from Lo & Sons' existing inventory.

Travel company Monos is guided by the motto "less but better," and designs products to be as sustainable, low-waste, and long-lasting as possible. The company makes suitcases in various sizes, as well as duffels, weekenders, totes, and more. Some Monos items are made with recycled materials, and all products are completely vegan. Monos is also Climate Neutral Certified and a partner of 1% for the Planet.