Our Top 10 Plastic Free Gift Guide

Looking for sustainable and plastic-free gifts? Not sure where to start? Not to worry, we have done the hard work for you and spent a lot of time researching and sourcing the best plastic free gifts for you, to make sure your shopping experience is one you will look forward to. All of our items must meet our high standards, so you can trust that what you are gifting is good for animals, planet and people. From soaps to bamboo flannels, brownie mix to lunchboxes. We have even sourced the cards, recycled paper and twine that you can gift wrap your gifts in too! Saving you the time it would have taken you to find these products this will give you plenty of time to browse before the special occasion, rather than last minute panic buys. As this is what usually results in presents being bought, that aren't so people and planet friendly. Enjoy!

Top 10 plastic free gifts

1. Soaps, from £1.60

Soap is a great gift to give and ones that are natural and have beautiful branding and packaging are a winner. One of our favourites is Helleo, a small, creative, sustainable business located on the Greek island of Crete, producing high quality natural, handmade soaps from organic extra virgin olive oil. Founder Manos comes from a family of olive farmers, inheriting his own olive groves from his grandparents. He has continued to cultivate these olive trees in the natural way, with no pesticides, tilling or burning. But instead of focusing on selling the raw olive oil, Manos has developed the business to make soap from the quality olive oil he produces. The uniqueness of the Helleo products and production process is illustrated on their beautifully designed packaging so that the customer can enjoy the story.  All materials used in the packaging are plastic-free and 100% recyclable or compostable.

2. Soap Dishes, from £4.99

These handmade ceramic soap dishes by HKA Ceramics are made on a potters wheel in Petersfield, Hampshire. They are a perfect gift for yourself or your eco-friendly friend as they provide a plastic-free place for your soap to sit and last longer. Why not add this soap dish to your order when you purchase one of our soaps by Bean & Boy or Wild Sage & Co.

3. Lunchbox, from £27.95

This would be a super useful present to gift as an alternative to the plastic free lunchboxes you get on the high-street. Black+Blum's stainless steel lunchbox is the first truly leak-proof stainless steel lunch box. There is a silicone seal and valve to create a secure vacuum sealed closure to ensure absolutely no leakage. The strap, available in two colours Olive and Ocean and holds everything together, including the fork. Dan Black and Martin Blum try to create designs which will function for years to come and which encourage people to live and enjoy being more environmentally responsible. 

4. Organic Bamboo & Linen Flannel, £5

  

Tabitha Eve's super soft, silky, multi-purpose flannel is kind to the skin and environmentally friendly, it is a little piece of luxury making it an ideal present paired with something else like a Wild Sage & Co. Face Mask or Lamazuna's Zero Waste Cleansing Bar. Some of the face cloths out there can contain tiny bits of plastic that sadly end up in our oceans and so this is a fantastic alternative! Made using organically grown, highly sustainable bamboo fibres and linen, this flannel is incredibly kind to your complexion and the environment and it is so much gentler than a standard muslin cloth.

5. The Kind Box, from £30

The Kind Box is a sustainable gift box from The Kind Store. Due to the popularity of gift giving in the recent months, we have produced the kind box to beautifully present your gifts to loved ones to showcase our amazing vegan, natural and sustainable products. Gifting is one of the best ways to encourage your friends and family to shop sustainably and with The Kind Box, you can either purchase one of our pre-filled boxes or create your own and get them shipped direct to your recipient with a hand written note. Each box is printed with non-toxic inks on FSC card.

6. Turtle Bags, from £5

These classic organic cotton string bags by Turtle Bags are undeniably the perfect useful gift for that someone who is difficult to buy for or someone you know who is on their journey to a more plastic-free and eco-friendly life. It is naturally super strong and has been checked out by Which? stating that it will take up to 40kg. It is a must-have for plastic free grocery shopping, or anything else. Available in green, black, natural, blush, sunflower and duck-egg and can be purchased with a long handle or a short handle design too! Turtle Bags work with our fair trade partners who share our environmental values to supply environmentally friendly bags.

7. Compostable Sponges, £6

Sponges may not seem like the most exciting gift but we love them! They are just so practical and pretty all wrapped up in one and a fab alternative to the microfibre sponges and cloths that are on the market at the moment. These 100% biodegradeable sponge cloths by Ten & Co. are made from cellulose (wood pulp) & cotton composition and so can be thrown away with your compostable waste. If you are looking for a useful present for your friend or family this is the one for you!

8. Chocolate, form £1.49

9. Recycled Twine in a Dispenser, £3.99

Bachi Cord's Colourful Recycled Twine is made with 100% recycled yarn and perfect paired with our recycled wrapping paper and cards below. It has been saved from landfill as purely waste material and is now re-purposed to tie up and make your presents look even more special! We also stock Eco Living's Natural Twine.

10. Cards & Wrapping Paper

We mustn't forget the final element of our ethical gift guide which is the card, wrapping paper and twine. We love stocking Summer Lane Studios cards and gift wrap as they offer beautiful eco-friendly and ethical designs. They support World Land Trust’s ‘Plant a Tree’ project in tropical forest in Borneo. Their packaging is eco-friendly & their cards are sent ‘naked’ with no outer plastic. What is also great is that their studio is powered by on 100% renewable electricity. 

The Kind Store team try and test all products that we stock, so you can be certain that what you are buying is high quality, works well and loved by us. We source all products using our ethos via our sustainable principles, so you can trust that what you are buying is kind to animals, people and planet. We stock items from UK independent makers and suppliers to ensure our products are eco-friendly. Discover hundreds of vegan, natural, sustainable and cruelty-free products.

          

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