Ship joyfully with reusable mailers
Homemade, locally-sourced, and upcycled gifts are a great way to lighten your impact during the holidays. But if you’ve been eyeing that Perfect Something for that Special Someone, or you need to gift to loved ones far away, sometimes online ordering is the way to go. Luckily, thanks to innovative reuse businesses, the dreaded bubble-wrap mailer or oversized cardboard box doesn’t have to be the inevitable mode of packaging for your gifts.
Here you’ll find a list of reusable mailer businesses who partner with brand name companies to ensure your thoughtful present is also thoughtfully shipped. We hope to see this list grow and grow, so whether you order from one of the below or from somewhere else—please let brands know that their packaging choices matter to you. (Also note that this is a fast-moving space, so be sure to check these companies and others in our Reuse Business Directory for their most up-to-date partnerships.)
Happy Holidays!
Boox: Specializing in shipping for many skincare brands, including Cocokind and Doré—as well as fashion retailers.
Toad & Co: a sustainable clothing retailer that offers a “Reusable Shipper” option at checkout
Upchoose: organic baby clothing subscription that ships in reusable bags
Beflax Natural Linen: natural, sustainable, and luxurious bedding that ships in reusable LimeLoop bags
Revision Goods: sustainable home goods store
Happy Returns: With their network of 9,000 Return Bars, Happy Returns by PayPal enables shoppers to visit retail locations like FedEx, Staples, Ulta Beauty and more to process a box and label-free ecommerce order return. Returnity has worked with Happy Returns since 2018 to develop reusable boxes optimized for their network.
Izzy: The world’s first zero-waste mascara brand; uses steel mascara tubes designed for 10,000 refills and ships in a reusable mailer bag
Rent The Runway: reusable & shippable garment bags for clothing rentals
Walmart: supplies reusable bags optimized for their InHome grocery delivery program
Cool to know: Returnity also works with New Balance, supplying a reusable box used to ship sample sports uniforms and footwear to teams in Returnity’s reusable bags and boxes. And they created “The Last Box” to ship products between distribution centers, stores and back in durable reusable shipping boxes.
RePack: European reusable packing service, but most of the below ship to the US and Canada.
Hurr Collective: circular fashion company that ships its rental items in reusable bags
Makia: A Finnish clothing company
ba&sh: UK women’s clothing & shoes
Ganni: Danish fashion brand
…and many more