7 Sustainable & eco-friendly products to keep in your work bag

Kanako Sugawara

21 Jun 2018

Check out these 7 eco-friendly products you can slip right into your work bag!

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Sustainable office supplies
Yes, even your computer accessories can be eco-friendly! From staples, mice, to even USB drives, The Green Office offers sustainable alternatives to everyday office accessories that you can carry around in your work bag!
Check out their enormous range of products here.
Photo: The Green Office
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Metal straws
Fancy bubble tea or a coffee during your lunch break? Enjoy a guilt-free drink while protecting the environment by using these metal straws from Seastainable.co. Seastainable is a social enterprise that supports marine conservation in Singapore and the Philippines through the use of sustainable straws, and 50 percent of their profits to different marine conservation groups. They even have cute rose gold set (complete with two cleaners, a normal straw, and a bigger bubble tea straw)!
Buy it here.
Photo: Seastainable Co.
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Reusable coffee cups
Remember when everybody had the Starbucks tumbler with the detachable straw? That might have gone a little out of style recently, but the eco friendly movement is still gaining momentum! Take Keep Cup, an Australian-based reusable coffee cup vendor who now sells to over 65 countries. Check out their cute designs here!
Photo: Keep Cup
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Eco-friendly stationery
In this day and age, everything might be done on your laptop or phone, but it never hurts to carry around a traditional notebook-and-pen combo in your work bag, just in case! The First Green Store, based right here in Singapore, offers everything from pencils, notebooks, to even thank you cards. Fun fact: Their Sprout Pencil is the first plantable sustainable pencil in the world, and instead of an eraser, the pencil has a special seed capsule at its end! Check our their products here.
Photo: The First Green Store
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Eco-friendly oil blotter
Oil blotting sheets are one of those “use one and throw away” type products, and a lot of oil blotting sheets are are made out of non-degradable material. But due to advances in beauty technology, you can still be environmentally aware by using sustainable blotting sheets by brands like Missha and LiveFresh, which are made using sustainable material!
Check out LiveFresh’s products here.
Photo: LiveFresh
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Vegan name card holder
Luca Chiara, a New York City based company, offers Italian style-inspired vegan wallets, card cases, and mobile device sleeves. With over a 100 year history in the leather (now faux leather) business, this brand is a must-have for stylish yet environmentally conscious working women! Check out Luca Chiara’s products here.
Photo: Luca Chiara
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Eco-friendly name cards
You can’t have a sustainable business card case without some eco-friendly business cards inside! Vistaprint, a local printing brand, offers recycled and eco-friendly business card printing services at an affordable price. Check it out here!

Photo: Deenise Glitz

You already have your lunch takeout in a container (instead of a disposable bag), and religiously bring a reusable bag while shopping. However, you still feel like you can definitely do more to help the environment, but not really sure where you can start. After all, it’s always difficult difficult to start implementing drastic lifestyle changes in a heartbeat!

Don’t worry – there are still more simple ways you can embrace a more green and eco-friendly lifestyle through the products you buy. From metal straws that are all the rage recently to pencils that actually turn into plants once you’re done with them, these are 7 eco-friendly, sustainable products you can fit right into your work bag for everyday use!

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