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Giving Back

Supporting ocean research and conservation with every bag.

By using Vela – you become a part of our Sea The Difference community and are contributing to ocean research and keeping our oceans safe and clean. Find out more about the exciting steps we’re taking together.

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Paper is a responsible alternative.

Vela products are curbside recyclable, making them easy for consumers to recycle. They are also FSC certified, ensuring the paper comes from responsibly managed forests. By supporting a circular economy, Vela helps reduce waste and promotes sustainability.

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Customer Stories

Don’t just take our word for it.

We’re proud to partner with environmentally conscious brands across the globe who share our vision for a healthier planet and responsible consumer behavior.

Customer Quotes

“We transitioned to Vela’s FSC® certified tissue bags because the infrastructure to properly recycle paper is much more developed than the infrastructure to recycle soft plastic. Our hope is that customers and stores will properly recycle these bags at their end-of-life in order to keep the material out of landfills.”

Dana Davis
VP Sustainability, Product, Strategy

Partnering with Vela on the first ever FSC® certified Tissue bag for garments is another innovative win for both Outerknown and the ocean. Outerknown is deeply committed to eliminating the use of virgin plastic and ensuring we keep it out of our oceans.

Kelly Slater
Founder + 11x World Surf league champion

"Transitioning our polybag source to the Vela™ alternative is mission-aligned with both our company and customer values. We have received positive feedback from customers about both the performance of the bags and the fact that they are curbside recyclable — a major upgrade to our previous versions. The Vela™ bags are responsibly sourced, serve the ultimate purpose of protecting products from factory to customer through long transit routes, and are suitable for your at-home recycling bin — a win-win-win in our book."

Katina Boutis
Director of Sustainability

“As a brand that thinks daily about our environmental impact, the use of plastic poly bags has always been a pain point for us… We are so thrilled that Vela invented a product that helps solve the plastic pollution problem of poly bags in the apparel industry.”

Kerry Docherty
Co-Founder, Chief Impact Officer

"Since 1995 sustainability has been a part of our DNA, and we remain committed to lessening our impact in every way possible. Shipping has been one of our biggest hurdles. We are thrilled to be partnering with Vela to swap out our plastic bags for widely recyclable, FSC certified paper bags. It is great to see brands, supply chain partners and customers coming together to drive this much needed shipping revolution."

Joanna Kreling
Senior Director of Supply Chain

Everyone’s been telling us there’s no sustainable and practical alternative to the industry standard polybag, but Vela has shown us already that we all can do better at getting rid of unnecessary plastic from our packaging right now.

Matt Hill
CEO – Globe International

"Vissla is a brand that represents creative freedom, and a generation of creators and innovators. We embrace the modern do-it-yourself attitude within surf culture, performance surfing, and craftsmanship. We constantly strive to minimize our environmental impact and protect the oceans and waves that raised us. We are committed to sourcing and implementing the most sustainable packaging materials available to us.  We're currently transitioning to Vela FSC certified paper bags to protect our garments."

Rob McCarty
Vissla – VP Product + Design

"Pact was excited to find a partner with a proven solution to such a large issue. Working with the Vela team made this a seamless transition, that was received positively by all stakeholders (Pact team, manufacturing partners, warehouse, and customers). By partnering with Vela, we were able to move quickly to install the new Vela bags across our supply chain and quickly take a big step forward in lessening our impact on the environment."

Drew Cook
Pact – CFO + Head of Operations

After the success and impact we had with our Globe program, rolling out Vela across our packaging for FXD and MisFit has been a no brainer. Our retailers and customers have been stoked and we know we’ve moved the needle in the right direction for the environment.

Matt Hill
CEO – Globe International

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