Heys has made eco-travel an environmentally friendly affair with their innovative line of luggage and accessories. This sustainable product line includes a variety of luggage ranging from both hard and soft roller bags to duffel bags, to flexible packing cases to jewelry bags. They offer everything that the green traveler would need to be perfectly packed and organized.  Most importantly, the upcycled luggage and accessories are manufactured from recycled water bottles and recycled plastic. 

Eco Flex 3-piece set made from 185 Recylced Water Bottles Image: heys.ca

The hard shell pieces in the collection are made from 100% recycled plastic; and the soft or flexible pieces are made from recycled water bottles. What is both unique and interesting about this product is that every flexible piece has a label that states how many bottles it took to make that particular item.

One example is the “Ecotex Toiletry Bag is made from 6 recycled water bottles.” Where as “the Eco Flex (a three piece roller luggage set) is made from a total of 185 recycled water bottles.” By providing this information, Heys is explaining what it took to make that piece of luggage into perspective for the consumer. Anytime that people can become more informed of things like what the plastic in a simple water bottle can do, helps increase awareness. The first step to living a sustainable lifestyle is being educated and then making changes in your daily life based on that knowledge.

For those who want to live a sustainable lifestyle, the ability to find a recognizable brand that is making a product that helps them stay true to how they choose to live is essential.  Heys believes that “by utilizing discarded materials to create new products [they are] offering an eco-friendly choice for a clean and sustainable future.” They are giving these recycled water bottles and plastics a sustainable purpose so they are not just filling landfills, they are actually upcycling those plastics to make stylish luggage.

Heys has a few lines of eco-friendly luggage made from 100% recycled plastic with other brands such as EcoOrbis™, EcoCase™ and Checkmate.  In fact, Checkmate’s luggage has a chessboard on top to play chess or checkers while you’re waiting for a flight.

Heys is providing a product that helps people live by their ideals. More importantly they are making a sustainable product that upcycles and helps the environment by giving new life to antiquated plastic water bottles.
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