35 Best Zero Waste Gifts For Travelers

35 Best Zero Waste Gifts for Travelers

Here's a collection of everything I recommend as a zero waste traveler. 

 

These items are reusable, sustainable and help ditch plastic, avoid waste, and aim to live simply!

bamboo sunglasses

Eco-Friendly, lightweight, polarized bamboo sunglasses are waterproof and float.

bamboo sunglasses

bamboo travel utensils

Lightweight yet strong bamboo utensils for easy eating anywhere.

bamboo travel utensils

spork

One lightweight spork is an easy multi-purpose tool essential for any traveler.

spork

steel straw

Avoid plastic straws with a durable reusable straw.  

 

Various lengths and sizes to fit tumblers, even wide for bubble tea fans.

steel straws

steel water bottle

Stainless steel plastic free water bottle with bamboo lid keeps cold liquids cold, and hot liquids hot.

water bottle

water purifier

For the off the trail hiker or the off the beaten bath traveler, a water purifier bottle gets water clean fast with just the push of a button.

water purifier bottle

travel mug

Insulated stainless steel travel mug works with hot and cold drinks, and comes with a transparent lid and straw.

travel mug

steel snack containers

Easy carry around snacks or save leftovers from restaurants with this simple stainless steel snack container. 

 

Tons of shapes and sizes to store anything you want.

snack container

steel food container set

A triple set of stainless steel lunchbox containers for the foodie on the go.

steel lunchbox containers

reusable tote bag

Multipurpose, super lightweight tote bag that folds up into tiny pouch for easy carrying. 

reusable tote bag

net cotton bag

A lightweight, expandable, and easy to clean net tote bag can be a shopping bag, beach tote, gear tote, airplane carry-on, and more.

net tote bag

produce bags

Multipurpose mesh drawstring produce bags for food shopping, and also storing clothes, laundry, toiletries, cords, or anything else.

produce bags

travel tubes

Tranport any liquids you want in travel tubes for easy packing and airline traveling. 

travel tubes

packing cubes

These expandable packing cubes easily store, organize and compress to save space.

packing cubes

bamboo toothbrush

This bamboo toothbrush comes with a detachable brush head to further reduce waste by only replacing the head when necessary.

 

They are FSC certified, vegan-friendly and BPA free.

bamboo toothbrush

solid toothpaste

Eco-friendly, vegan, easy to pack and travel tooth powders and tooth tablets.

tooth tablets

Reusable dental floss

SimplyFloss reusable floss is eco-friendly, shred resistant and massages gums.

Reusable floss

castile bar soap

Castile soaps have many cleansing uses such as laundry detergent so travelers can wash on the go.

 

Try Dr. Bronner's which comes in many delicious scents. 

castile soap

shampoo bar

Solid shampoo bars are easy to pack, travel with, use, and last longer than liquids.

shampoo bar

lotion bar

Solid oil bars are easy to travel with, and only melt when warmed by touching.

lotion bar

deodorant paste

Travel-friendly all natural deodorant paste with essential oils for staying fresh anytime while traveling.

 

Try Schmidt's to smell fantastic.

deodorant paste

Reusable qtip

A reusable Q-tip is more sustainable and sanitary than disposables, complete with a corn-based carry case.

Last Swab Reusable Q-Tip

travel tins

Lightweight steel tins safely store solid bars and homemade products and come in a variety of shapes and sizes to fit anything.

steel tin

lunette

For women aiming to simplify, purchasing a reusable menstrual cup instantly eliminates all the costs and hassles of disposables forever.

menstrual cup

safety razor

Unisex stainless steel single blade safety razor uses blades instead of disposables. 

steel razor

travel towel

Multi-Purpose travel towel can be a beach towel, bath towel, yoga mat, or blanket.

travel towel

buff

One small, lightweight buff has a variety of uses from hat to scarf to bandana.

buff

scarf

A scarf is an extremely versatile item that easily has more than 20 uses.

 

It’s lightweight and versatile, so it’s an essential wardrobe addition.

scarf

sim card

Stay connected with a global sim card to use for data or for calls and data.

global sim card

iTunes

Give an iTunes giftcard to purchase books, movies, music and more. 

iTunes giftcard

netflix

A Netflix giftcard is sure to make any cinephile happy so they can watch their favorite movies on the go.

netflix

kindle

A Kindle gift card gives reading entertainment to travelers. 

kindle

audible

Gift an audible subscription for those that like to listen to their books on the go.

audible

airbnb

Give the gift of accommodation with an airbnb gift card where travelers can book homes around the world.

airbnb gift card

airfare

The one gift that's 100% guaranteed to please any travel lover is an airfare gift card!

 

The reason why air travel gift cards are an amazing option is because the recipient has the power to choose exactly what they want.

airfare gift card

Companies such as Skyhour enable you to gift air travel hours that can be used whenever the recipient chooses to do so, and what's even better is that they're able to select the destination of their dreams!