How to Properly Handle Nicotine Pouches

May 2024
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Understanding how to dispose of nicotine bags is a must for VELO customers. We're working hard to ensure that VELO nicotine bags can be disposed of responsibly, including our new fully recyclable nicotine canisters!
Read about our efforts here and learn how to properly dispose of VELO nicotine pouches and join us on our sustainability journey.

2. What are VELO nicotine pouches?
VELO pouches are pouches containing nicotine, flavoring, and a few other ingredients small enough to tuck between your lips and gum. They are a smokeless* way to consume nicotine without odor, smoke or ash.

3. Nicotine in a VELO pouch?
Weird. Ashless and smokeless*? Great. You can read our guide to nicotine pouches to learn more about nicotine pouches, nicotine pouch materials and how nicotine pouches work.

4.Why is it important to dispose of nicotine VELO pouches correctly?
Disposing of VELO pouches correctly (never leaving pouches on the ground or throwing them away) helps us to ensure that they don't become litter.

5. VELO's commitment to sustainability
We know we can do more and do better.

We've already started making VELO cans recyclable, using only one type of plastic, and we're working towards carbon neutrality. You can read more about our commitment to sustainability and find answers to your questions here.

6. Can you recycle VELO nicotine pouches?
VELO nicotine canisters are now fully recyclable and most recycling facilities accept the plastic we use to make them. If they don't accept it, there may be other recycling points nearby, such as the nearest large supermarket.
Please check with your local council for the location of recycling points.

7. Do I need to remove the label before recycling?
You do not need to remove the label before recycling your VELO cans.

8. Where should you recycle VELO packaging?
Most recycling points recycle the plastic we use to make VELO cans, including kerbside recycling points, supermarkets and refuse collection points. Visit your local council's website for local recycling points.

9. Can you recycle VELO nicotine bags?
We're working on it, but you can't recycle VELO nicotine bags yet. We are exploring new product developments to make our nicotine bags recyclable in the future.

10. Where should you dispose of VELO nicotine pouches?
You can save your used VELO nicotine pouches in the convenient garbage can on the lid of the can. When full, empty and recycle.

 11. Where should you not dispose of VELO nicotine pouches?
Used nicotine pouches contain some residue and therefore cannot be recycled. Please empty your VELO cartridges before recycling.

12. Can you reuse VELO nicotine pouches?
VELO nicotine pouches release nicotine and flavorings for up to 30 minutes. After use, remove the used pouch from your mouth and keep it in the garbage can until you can dispose of it. Nicotine pouches are not reusable.

 
13. Why choose VELO nicotine pouches?
VELO nicotine pouches are an alternative for smokers and vapers. As an adult nicotine consumer, you choose nicotine pouches for several reasons:
Flavorless, smokeless, and tobacco-free*.
Different flavors
Can be used anywhere
 

14. Understanding VELO nicotine pouches
Now that you know what to do with nicotine pouches, browse our range online and choose the nicotine strength, size and flavor. Our range includes mint and fruit nicotine pouches in mellow, original and strong flavors, as well as slim and mini sizes, and our new high-strength nicotine pouches.