Christmas travel gift guide: 20 sustainable present ideas

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Travel gift sets

Kip Hideaways, a members-only boutique staycation site, has two new gift sets: the travel set and the sleep set. Each includes a year’s membership (the company plants a tree for every member), plus Bramley toiletries and Elizabeth Scarlett embroidered accessories.
From £53, kiphideaways.com

Adventure rucksack

A thoughtfully designed 42-litre rucksack with multiple pockets – for laptops, cards, shoes, water bottles, valuables – but small enough to take as carry-on. Made from recycled plastic by a sustainable British brand with an in-house repair service.
£185, stubbleandco.com

Limited-edition prints

The Woods sells limited-edition fine art photography inspired by travel, nature and adventure, printed in London. Gift cards are also available, so the recipient can choose their own photograph.
From £70, thewoods.co

Washbag made of plastic bottles

Designed in the Lake District and ethically made in Vietnam from recycled plastic bottles (four per bag). Millican also sells recycled plastic backpacks.
£18, homeofmillican.com

Speckly passport cover

The passport cover from Liga’s Beach Clean collection is made from recycled flip-flops and sustainable cork – perfect for disguising a post-Brexit blue British passport.
£14.95, loveliga.co.uk

Great white shark towel

Padi, the diving organisation, has a range of clothes, accessories and towels made from recycled ocean plastic. This limited-edition towel was designed for shark week 2021.
£27, padigear.net

Wild swimming scented candle

Different Kind is a new ethical online store stocking products by brands such as Goldfinger, which uses recycled materials and provides training for disadvantaged young people. The scent of its soy-wax candle evokes “the cold shock of water under a glorious sky”.
£32, thedifferentkind.com

Sending Hugs gift box

This includes a “random recycled wool” rug from Atlantic Blankets, made from leftover wool and ideal for picnics, plus a caramel sea-salt chocolate bar.
£38, atlanticblankets.com