Preserve Our Planet

Our ambition is to reduce environmental impact and preserve our planet’s health.

Packaging Sustainability

Packaging plays an important role in protecting food quality and enhancing the guest experience. At the same time, we recognize the environmental impacts of material choices and packaging waste.



By designing our packaging with reusability, recyclability and end-of-life as top considerations alongside functionality and food safety, we aim to reduce natural resource consumption and our overall waste stream. We do this through product design, material selection and by supporting increased recovery.

We've only got one planet, and we're determined to take care of it.

An example of Subway’s updated sustainable packaging


As Subway® works to do its part to move towards a more circular economy and reduce packaging waste, we have set the following goals related to packaging in Subway® restaurants:
  • Strive to design 100% of our packaging to be recyclable, compostable or biodegradable.
  • Increase recycled material content in our paper and plastic packaging.
  • In partnership with our franchisees and their supply chain cooperatives, work to increase container recycling rates both in-restaurant and for take-away/delivery.

Packaging Policy and Commitments

Read our Sustainable Packaging Policy here.
Subway® carefully chooses its packaging materials and strives to make the most responsible purchasing decisions, considering both safety and sustainability. That’s why, in 2020, we phased out intentionally added per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, from our sandwich paper and cookie bags in North America.

We recognize that, like most products made with recycled materials, use of recycled content in some packaging products may result in residual PFAS. Subway will continue to thoughtfully balance our responsibility to the planet and our guests when sourcing materials for our locations across the country.

All materials used in Subway packaging in the U.S. are FDA approved for food contact.
Expanded Polystyrene or EPS, commonly referred to as Styrofoam, is often labeled with a #6 recycling code; however, the material is not commonly recycled through community recycling centers. As part of our commitment to sustainable packaging, our global approved packaging portfolio remains free of EPS.

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