Vela Bags

Vela™ bags are the paper alternative to poly bags. Keep your garments, accessories, and other products free of dirt, dust, and moisture during transit.

Recyclable & FSC™ Certified Paper
Low Minimums in 8 Standard Sizes
Full Customization Available
Custom Pricing
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Made of paper. Designed to be recycled.

Recyclable. Responsible. Durable.

Vela bags are the perfect solution for brands looking to move away from poly bags. They’re FSC certified, highly transparent, and built to handle the elements – so your products stay protected during transit. And the best part? It’s fully recyclable.
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Standard vela bag sizes
Low Minimums in 8 Standard Sizes

Available in 8 standard sizes.

Vela™ bags are globally available in 8 stock sizes designed specifically to make your transition from single-use plastic poly bags to Vela™ as easy as possible.

Standard Sizes (Width x Height + Flap)

  • 2XS: 10cm x 15cm + 4cm (4” x 6” + 1.5”)
  • XS: 15cm x 20cm + 4cm (6” x 8” + 1.5”)
  • S: 20cm x 25cm + 4cm (8” x 9” + 1.5”)
  • M: 25cm x 30cm +4cm (9.75” x 11.75” + 1.5”)
  • L: 30cm x 40cm + 4cm (11.75” x 15.75” + 1.5”)
  • XL: 35cm x 50cm + 4cm (13.75” x 19.75” + 1.5”)
  • 2XL: 40cm x 60cm + 10cm (15.75” x 23.5” + 4”)
  • 3XL: 50cm x 75cm + 10cm (19.75” x 29.5” + 4”)
A Faherty shirt in a custom printed Vela paper bag
The use of plastic poly bags has always been a pain point. We’re thrilled that Vela created a solution to help tackle plastic pollution in the apparel industry.
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Kerry Docherty
Co-Founder, Chief Impact Officer
Resealable Adhesive Strip

Vela Bags feature a resealable adhesive strip.

Vela bags offer a full-width resealable adhesive strip, allowing you to secure your contents in the bag and reposition if needed. The seal-strip is paper-based and fully recyclable.
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Concealed Vent hole

Allow your items to breath.

Vela bags have a concealed vent hole allowing your package to breathe during transit while still protecting your goods from humidity, moisture, dust, and debris.
Customer reactions have largely been positive, and some have asked, “What took so long?”. and made statements like, “I wish other brands would follow suit.”
Aaron Azevedo
VP – Product & Supply Chain
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Designed to make a difference.

FSC Certified

All Vela products are made with FSC certified paper, ensuring the protection and preservation of forests.

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Recyclable

Vela products are designed to be fully recyclable helping to create a more circular economy.

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Sea the Difference

As a member of 1% for the Planet, we are committed to donating 1% of all Vela™ sales supporting ocean research and conservation projects through our “Sea the Difference” program.

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Fully Customizable

Show off your brand with full customization.

Every brand is unique – share that with your customers. Use custom printing to tell your brands story. From the sustainability impact of switching to paper to using QR-codes to drive traffic to your website – the opportunities are endless.
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STYLES

Available in various paper grades.

With various styles available, you can customize your Vela™ bags to your needs. We have stock Vela bags in our Classic style available globally.
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What makes Vela, Vela

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FSC™ Certified

Vela is made of FSC certified paper, ensuring our commitment responsible forestry​.

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Curbside Recyclable

Vela products are fully curbside recyclable.

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Transparent

Vela is transparent for visual inspection and manual barcode scanning.

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Durable

Vela is durable enough to withstand the supply chain demands from manufacturer, to distribution, to customer.

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Weather-Resistant

Vela™ protects your products from humidity, moisture, dust, and debris during transit.