The holidays are all about generosity and goodwill, and what better way to celebrate the season than with sustainable gifts that also give back to the Earth? While the impending climate crisis isn’t the cheeriest holiday party conversation starter, the fact of the matter is that Americans annually produce over 25 million tons of extra trash from Thanksgiving to New Years. We all have a responsibility to look after our planet, so we’re helping you give the green way with this lineup of 11 waste-saving, tree-planting, eco-friendly gift ideas. For extra credit, try popping your presents into reusable tote bags rather than swaddling them in gift wrap and swapping out plastic-coated ribbons for biodegradable cotton string. For stocking stuffers, bundle small items into decorative beeswax food wrap , which can be used again and again in the kitchen in place of plastic wrap. Whatever you decide to do, eco-friendly packaging is only as good as the contents inside—so here are our picks for the best sustainable gifts for an Earth-friendly holiday season:
Zwilling Fresh & Save Vacuum Sealer System
Save your leftovers from an untimely end with this handy vacuum-sealing system. This starter set comes with an adorable mini-vacuum pump, reusable zip bags, and dishwasher-safe storage containers designed to slow spoilage and keep food fresh up to 5x longer. Staff writer Alex Beggs even swears it keeps her avocado halves from turning brown. It’s a great gift for every kind of cook, from bread bros who can’t bear to toss another stale sourdough to meal prepping parents who want Thursday’s apple slices to be just as crisp as they were on Monday.
Zwilling Fresh & Save
Bamboozle Nesting Bowls
This set of seven bowls has all the benefits of plastic—fun colors, durability, no chance of metallic flavoring—without the planet-destroying downsides. They’re made from upcycled bamboo fibers bound together with 15% melamine (a food-safe organic compound), and they’ll degrade in a landfill in 22 years. The baker in your life won’t want to toss them, though; they’re deeper than the average mixing bowl, which makes for both aesthetic appeal and splash-free whisking.
Bamboozle Nesting Bowls
Click & Grow Smart Garden 3
Made for aspiring green-thumbs without garden access, this compact countertop planter is fitted with built-in grow lights and a self-watering tank, taking the guesswork out of growing fresh herbs and veggies at home. Watching little leaves of basil and lettuce sprout from their pods makes us feel more connected to the Earth, even from our cramped Brooklyn apartments. It’s perfect for keeping single-use plastic clamshells of wilted herbs out of your kitchen and, subsequently, out of our oceans.
Click & Grow Smart Garden 3
Vital Choice Vital Box
Give the gift of good eating with this curated box of certified sustainable seafood. Featuring only wild-caught fish processed near the source to reduce emissions, Vital Choice subscription boxes are a great choice for high-quality wild salmon, halibut, and tuna, and more. Each box also includes three seasoning blends and a beautifully light fish broth for spectacular soups and stews.
Wild Fish Box
Junes Everyday Tote
A statement tote is a perfect gift for the friend who is all about sustainable fashion, and this one is ideal for a day in the park or a trip to the farmer’s market. She’s got pockets, which means you can safely tuck away a (reusable) water bottle or silicone coffee cup and keep your phone, keys, and wallet easily accessible. Junes’ special Bio-Knit fabric is produced with post-consumer plastic bottles and an innovative material called CiCLO®, which makes plastic fibers biodegradable with a little help from naturally occurring microbes.
Junes Everyday Tote
Typhoon 2.5-Liter Living Compost Caddy
Dealing with extra food waste from holiday dinners can be stressful, but this cute compost caddy is a great way to keep kitchen scraps out of sight while easing the eco-conscious mind. Fitted with an easy-to-clean removable liner and odor-eating carbon filters, this sleek coated steel bin is as discreet as it is durable, blending in with most kitchen decor. Just make sure the kids don’t mistake it for the cookie jar!
Typhoon Compost Caddy
Ramona Farms White Tepary Beans
If you’re looking for a low-cost stocking stuffer or a unique gift for all your work friends, the answer is beans. Dried beans reign supreme for experienced chefs, and newbies will get the extra gift of learning how to cook them . Tepary beans have been grown for generations by Indigenous Akimel O’odham and Tohono O’odham people in the Sonoran Desert, and for good reason—they’re extremely drought and heat tolerant, which means they’re a low-impact crop able to survive climbing temperatures. Supporting Indigenous land stewardship is one of the best (and most sustainable) ways to spend your money, and on a culinary note, we can confirm that these beans are creamy and delicious, great for everything from a summery bean salad to a warming, autumnal chili .
Ramona Farms White Tepary Bean
Vejibag Vegetable Storage Bag
Before we tested out Vejibags, we thought reusable produce bags were a slightly splurgy kitchen luxury. However, we’ve upgraded them to kitchen necessity . Never again will your chosen recipient dejectedly compost their slimy or dried-out cilantro! And for us, a head of Boston lettuce—which normally wilts in the fridge within days—stayed nice and crisp even after a week and a half inside the Vejibag, which is made from non-toxic, organic cotton that is free of dyes. It’s science, but it feels like magic.
Vejibag Vegetable Preservation Bag
Fuego Box Hot Sauce Crate
An ideal gift for all the hotties in your life, this reusable wooden gift box is packed with chile peppery goodness: three knockout sauces—bright habanero and carrot, earthy ghost pepper and jalapeno (our favorite), and tangy California reaper and pineapple—plus reaper-infused blossom honey and a ghost pepper and Himalayan pink salt blend. What makes this an eco-friendly gift? Fuego Box has pledged to plant five trees for every crate purchased to cool down the planet while spicing things up.
Fuego Box Hot Sauce Gift Crate
Compostable Kitchen Brush Set
Society has advanced past the need for sponges, which harbor so much bacteria that they need to be replaced every other week and can take hundreds of years to decompose. It’s time to ditch those dingy dish sponges and grab this stunning six piece gift set of kitchen brushes from German company Redecker. Beautifully crafted from untreated beechwood with stiff plant fiber bristles, these sturdy compostable brushes are so chic they almost make us want to volunteer for post-dinner dish duty. Almost.
Compostable Kitchen Brush Set
Xaquixe Tumbler Set
These gorgeous drinking glasses aren’t just green in hue. Each tumbler is hand-blown from 100% recycled materials, and Oaxaca-based glass studio Xaquixe uses renewable energy sources—namely, burnt cooking oil salvaged from local hotels and restaurants—to power up their furnaces, reducing their carbon footprint. Even if you choose to gift them in turquoise, fuchsia, or saffron, these glasses are as green as can be.
Xaquixe Bristol Tumblers
Vahdam Teas Porcelain Teapot
Bala Sarda’s family has been in the tea industry for over 80 years, and in addition to producing fresh, potent blends like Early Grey Chai, his company Vahdam also makes high-quality tea accessories that are as pretty as they are functional. Considering that teabags are notoriously non-recyclable, and that nylon ones release microplastics right into your teacup, this pot’s built-in stainless steel steeping tube will help your loved one with the tea habit make the switch to loose-leaf—which makes better tea in addition to being more sustainable. Vahdam is plastic and carbon neutral and invested in the communities where its teas are produced.
Gleam Porcelain Teapot
GoodWood Rolling Pins
New Orleans-based design and build firm GoodWood is on track to become entirely zero-waste by 2025. You can read through their many sustainable practices here , but one is that they don’t let a single scrap go to waste. So with the wooden remnants from their large-scale design, fabrication, and furniture products, they produce high-quality, long-lasting home goods like this gorgeous rolling pin, perfect for the pie , biscuit , and sugar-cookie aficionados in your life. Its curved, minimalist design is our favorite style for ensuring uniform dough thickness.
Hard Wood Rolling Pins
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