Go green: Eco-friendly items you need for your next trip!
1. Freostyle Turkish Towel
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Bamboo is one of the fastest-growing plants and requires less water to produce than many other fibres. These super-absorbent beach towels are hand-loomed in traditional weaving villages in Turkey and incorporate 70 per cent bamboo.
freostyle.com; from AUD 35 (USD 23).
2. Vilo Eyewear
Made from certified sustainable sources of maple, zebrawood, walnut and bamboo, Vilo Eyewear wooden sunglasses look good and do good. Donate your old plastic sunnies to help those in developing countries and receive a discount on your Vilo purchase.
viloeyewear.com; from AUD 69 (USD 46).
3. Manda Reef-Safe Organic Sunscreen
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Sunscreen chemicals can damage corals, and not all “reef-safe” products are really proven safe. Choose a zinc oxide–based product with “non-nano” sized particles, like Manda organic sunscreen. Manda includes thanaka, a traditional natural sunscreen from Burma, and comes in a biodegradable sugarcane package.
mandanaturals.com; from USD 28.
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4. Bare & Co Lunch Box
[gallery ids="6706"]Sample local street food without adding to disposable-plastic problems. Bring your own take-out box, like this one from Bare & Co, made from food-grade aluminium and topped with a bamboo lid, which handily doubles as a chopping board.
thewellstore.com.au; from AUD 33 (USD 22).
5. Peony Swimwear
[gallery ids="6708"]Cut a fine figure and feel great about it in Peony Swimwear, made from recycled materials such as used fishing nets, carpets and discarded fabric that may otherwise end up in a landfill or the ocean.
peonyswimwear.com; separates from AUD 70 (USD 47).
6. Will and Bear Panama Hat
[gallery ids="6709"]Feeling shady? This versatile Panama hat by Will and Bear is made from recycled-paper straw, and trimmed with natural cotton. But sport whatever style suits you: they’ll plant 10 trees for each hat sold.
willandbear.com; from AUD 99 (USD 66).
7. Mazu Resort Wear Boardshorts
The Hong Kong team at Mazu Resortwear has slapped a 1986 photograph of Tai Long Wan Bay across these cheerful men’s boardshorts. They’re made from Econyl, a 100-per cent recycled fabric, for the ethically minded.
mazuresortwear.com; HKD 1,200 (USD 153), available from July.
8. Indosole Flip-Flops
[gallery ids="6711"]Tires take thousands of years to decompose and are often burned, generating harmful toxins. Indosole flip-flops are made from discarded tires and sustainably grown rubber in an ethical workshop in Indonesia—plus they’re non-skid! Great for the pool or rainy season.
indosole.com.au; from AUD 45 (USD 30).
9. Steripen Ultralight
No clean water to fill your reusable drinking bottle? Avoid disposable plastic bottles with the nifty Steripen Ultralight, which uses UV light to sterilise a litre of tap water in just 90 seconds.
outdoorlife.com.sg/steripen-ultralight-uv-water-purifier.html; from USD 159.
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