Best Sustainable Yoga Mats

The yoga mat was first mass-produced in the 1990s. As yoga has increased in popularity, more people have been buying mats.

It makes performing different poses a more comfortable experience. According to YogaLine, other benefits of using them include:

• Helping avoid injuries
• Helping correct poses
• Boost physical wellness

Before sustainability became popular, yoga mats were mostly made of PVC. Greenpeace notes that it’s the most environmentally damaging plastic in the world. They release harmful chemicals into our air, water, and food chain.

But as sustainability has grown, more eco-friendly alternatives have come on the market. We’ve put together a list of the best sustainable yoga mats to start using.

They’re made of some of the most eco-friendly materials out there: bamboo, natural rubber, cork, organic cotton, and much more.

• Manduka eKO Yoga Mat
• Suga Yoga Mat
• JadeYoga Mat
• HejHej Duo Yoga Mat
• Gaiam Yoga Mat
• Yoloha Yoga Mat
• Abhinehkrafts Yoga Mat

1. Manduka eKO Yoga Mat

Manduka Keo Yoga Mats are made of responsibly sourced natural rubber. They offer different sizes, colors, and price ranges.

Manduka also offers yoga mat bags and carries as well. Full disclosure, their PRO MATs are made of PVC, but they’re certified STANDARD 100. That means it’s been tested for harmful substances.

The company also notes that the PRO MAT is 100% latex-free and manufactured emissions-free. Many more of their other products are made from environmentally responsible materials. Check out their LiveOn program that’s helping to create a zero-waste yoga mat cycle.

Price: $45-$130

2. Suga Yoga Mat

Suga Yoga Mats have taken a unique approach, creating their product out of recycled wetsuits. On their website, you’ll find a video of their reasoning behind this.

They note that they’re the world’s first net-zero, closed-loop yoga mat. Net-zero means the amount of greenhouse gas produced and removed is balanced.

Price: $64-$109

3. JadeYoga Mat

Natural rubber from rubber trees makes these JadeYoga mats. The company also plants a tree for every Jade mat bought.

They’ve planted over one million trees. Lastly, all the mats are made in compliance with US environmental and labor laws.

Price: $49.95-$199.95

4. HejHej Duo Yoga Mat

HejHej is a company based out of Germany that creates yoga mats from recycled materials. And after you’re done using them, you can recycle them. For every mat bought, 1 Euro is donated to the social NGO EarthChild Project.

Price: €129-€139

5. Gaiam Yoga Mat

Gaiam uses a variety of sustainable materials to make their yoga mats. They use materials such as:

• Cork
• Yute Plant
• Bamboo

Price: $39.98-$99.98

6. Yoloha Yoga Mat

Yoloha describes itself as having the best eco-friendly cork yoga mats. Chris Willey, the owner, was tired of using mats with harmful chemicals.

The cork comes from the bark of cork oak trees. Thankfully, no trees are cut down during the process of retrieving the cork.

Price: $89-$179

7. Abhinehkrafts Yoga Mat

Abhinehkrafts sells a lot of different sustainably-made yoga mats. They use banana fiber, organic cotton, natural cotton, grass fiber, and many other materials. All of the mats are handcrafted in India.

Price: $55-$99