Behind the Seams

Behind the Seams

A deeper look at our ingredients

Woven into our fabrics are solutions that meet the needs of backpacks that are used everyday, in all environments, and that align with reducing our global impact – treading lightly as we go.

Behind the seams

All Millican backpacks include 100% recycled plastic.
Repurposed. Recycled. Remade.

Maverick Collection – Dalton Canvas

Hardwearing, lightweight and waterproof. 100% recycled polyester fabric made from post-consumer waste – made to take you anywhere. Developed and made exclusive for our bags.

The Smith 25L uses the equivalent of 44 single use plastic bottles per bag – Plastic with purpose.

Fabric Ingredients

  • 100% RPET polyester
  • Weight: 480 gr/yd
  • Yarn made from post consumer waste
  • Foam PU coating on face + back
  • C0 DWR on face - PFC-free
  • Mechanical recycling process used in breakdown of plastic
  • GRS certified
  • Bluesign approved
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Core Collection

Made from recycled plastic – discarded in landfills and oceans – the Core fabric is re-woven into a bag for life. Lightweight and waterproof – single use plastic re-purposed

Every 20L Core bag uses 26 recycled plastic bottles.

Fabric Ingredients

  • 100% Recycled Polyester (RPET) 900D
  • Weight: 430 gr/yd
  • PU1000 coating on back
  • C0 DWR treatment - PFC-free
  • Mechanical recycling process used in breakdown of plastic
  • Bluesign Approved
  • GRS certified
  • PETA vegan certified
  • Yarn made from post-consumer waste
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Lining Fabric

What’s on the inside is just as important as what you see on the outside. All of our collections share the same internal lining fabric.

Fabric Ingredients

  • 100% RPET 150D
  • Weight: 170 gr/yd
  • Yarn made from Post consumer waste
  • PU1000 coating on back
  • C0 DWR on face - PFC-free
  • Mechanical recycling process used in breakdown of plastic
  • GRS certified
  • Bluesign approved

Human Power

Millican grows with a network of human relationships, people who believe in great quality, practical and sustainable products made with pride. Our stance on ethics, fair trading and humanitarian practices is uncompromising. We work globally local, finding the right partners nationally and overseas.

Fabric Producer

Daehyun/Busung
Established 1973
Location: South Korea
Bluesign System Partner

Bag Producer

Factory: Outdoor Park Vina
Location: Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)

Moving forward in a circle

Let’s be clear about any sustainability reference you’ll find on our site – 100% sustainability doesn’t really exist in our world today. We realise that. All our materials require natural resources to be produced, processed and shipped, as do everyone else’s.

It’s therefore all about degrees of sustainability and our efforts to make informed choices in favour of sustainability where we can. The more we learn about the impact of our own choices, the more we realise we don’t know enough yet. So we’ll continue to research, learn and adapt. By sharing this ongoing journey we hope to inspire you to learn more and to join the growing ranks of consumers out there who simply want to know. Transparency on our part means clarity on your part. That can only be a good thing.

Recycled Polyester

Recycled polyester is made from recycled PET material (which is a polyethylene terephthalate, raw petroleum-based material to those in the know). It’s widely used in plastic bottles and other food packaging all over the world.

Using recycled polyester, rather than virgin polyester, cuts energy by 50%, saves 20% on water and reduces air pollution by 60%.