Roncy Packs

About Roncy Packs

Roncy Packs is a Toronto-based, family-run small business that handcrafts detachable fanny packs, crossbody bags, and accessories entirely from reclaimed textiles. Founded in 2020, the brand was built around a simple, deeply personal idea: a mother’s skill with a sewing machine could turn discarded materials into something people would want to wear every day. Since then, Roncy Packs has handcrafted over 6,000 fanny packs, each one cut and sewn at home in small batches rather than mass-produced in a factory.

Waste-Led, Slow-Made Design

What sets Roncy Packs apart is its waste-led approach to design. Instead of starting with a fixed pattern and sourcing new material to match it, the studio starts with what is already available — leftover leather, vegan leather, faux croc offcuts, recycled life vest fabric, and reclaimed cotton and seatbelt webbing collected from across Toronto. Each piece is shaped around the textile on hand, which means no two packs are ever quite identical. This is a deliberate rejection of the fast-fashion model: production is described as “100% slow-made at home,” prioritising durability and individuality over speed and volume.

By building entirely from reclaimed and waste-stream materials, the brand has diverted tonnes of textile waste from landfill — a meaningful contribution to the broader push for upcycling and recycled goods within the sustainable fashion space. Working with reclaimed leather, vegan leather, and recycled life vests also keeps the brand’s footprint low: there is no virgin leather tanning, no new synthetic webbing, and no offshore mass manufacturing anywhere in the supply chain. Every bag is sewn within the same studio it is designed in, which removes the emissions and packaging waste typically associated with multi-country production lines, and it means every Roncy Packs item can be traced back to one maker rather than an anonymous overseas factory floor.

Products

The current line-up includes detachable fanny packs in small, medium, and large sizes, each designed with interchangeable straps so the same pack can be worn as a belt bag, crossbody, or shoulder bag depending on the occasion. Beyond fanny packs, Roncy Packs also makes handbags, totes, and small leather accessories, and takes on custom orders and brand collaborations for buyers who want a one-of-a-kind piece built from a specific reclaimed material. Many of the packs combine multiple salvaged textiles in a single design — a faux croc panel paired with a reclaimed leather body, for instance — turning what would otherwise be offcuts into a deliberate design feature rather than hiding the bag’s recycled origins. Customers ordering a custom piece can even specify which reclaimed material they would like used, turning their own preferences into one more way of putting waste textiles back into circulation.

A Genuinely Small-Scale Operation

Roncy Packs is precisely the kind of business the Prakati Green Directory exists to showcase: an individual maker, working at home, turning what would otherwise be landfill-bound textile waste into long-lasting, useful products. There is no large factory footprint, no synthetic-fibre supply chain, and no greenwashed marketing claims — just a low-volume, low-impact craft business built one handcrafted pack at a time. For shoppers looking for sustainable, conversation-starting accessories with a story behind every seam, Roncy Packs offers a refreshingly honest alternative to disposable fast-fashion bags and the kind of throwaway accessories that dominate big-box retail.

Find Roncy Packs

Roncy Packs ships worldwide from Toronto, Canada, with flat-rate international shipping and free shipping on larger Canadian orders. Customers in the city can also arrange free local pickup near Bloor and Dufferin, skipping shipping packaging altogether. Shoppers can browse the full range of detachable packs, totes, and accessories directly on the brand’s website, or follow along on Instagram and Facebook for behind-the-scenes looks at the reclaimed materials being transformed into the next batch of packs. Explore more values-driven, small-batch makers like this one across the Prakati Green Directory, where genuine sustainability — not marketing language — is the only requirement for listing.