Looking for a new bag? Check out the range of sustainably sourced bags from Noon Solar. The Chicago based designer of bags produces a range of bags from hand-dyed hemp to vegetable-tanned leathers, all of which incorporate a flexible solar panel as well so they can charge your mobile phone or iPod as you walk about town, or even while you’re sitting at work (with the bag left in the sunlight of course).

The energy from the solar panel is collected by a small lithium-ion battery pack inside the bag, so your device can charge day or night using the energy collected from the sun.

[Via Inhabitat]

Here’s a really cool idea… bags and accessories made from candy wrappers, gum wrappers and soda bottle labels. The folks over at Nahui Ollin are the creators of these unusual looking bags. The wrappers are not being reclaimed from the garbage, but are rejects from the factory that would otherwise have been sent straight to the landfill, unused. A bag can contain as many as 4,000 wrappers, and take as long as four days to create.

In addition to the multi-coloured TuttiFrutti shown, they also offer Barcode, Silver and Black for many of the bags and accessories. Need something larger than the tote shown above? Check out the larger overturned tote. Or how about a pocket planner with a unique cover or a cell phone case.