Planet: new green changes come at no additional cost to their Franchise Owners

East Toasty, Be Green



Their goal is to save over 6,000,000 pounds of material from reaching landfills annually by using packaging containing significant amounts of post-consumer materials and updating our packaging to be either compostable* or use less paper in the production. 


But they're not perfect...yet. They know that packaging changes are a small step in the grand scheme of going green. But by taking this first step, they're creating a larger market for post-consumer materials and attempting to reduce the flow of packaging waste to landfills in 2010 and beyond.



All Quiznos stores now feature several new types of packaging, including:

• 100 percent compostable wax-coated paper cups
• Pulp salad bowls made from renewable sugarcane
• Plastic lids made of 30 percent post-consumer-recycled PET bottles
• Napkins made from 100 percent recycled material and fibers (90 percent post-consumer)
• Catering lunch boxes made of 100 percent recycled paperboard (35 percent post-consumer)
• The sub chain is also helping its team members embrace its new green shift by beginning to change their uniforms to items made from 100 percent from recycled soda pop bottles.  Each hat saves approximately six bottles from reaching a landfill and each apron saves approximately 25 bottles.

By making its packaging more environmentally responsible, Quiznos claims its taking steps to lessen the impact each of its thousands of independently owned and operated U.S. stores has on the eco-health of the nation. 


Green & Good... as my personal research just verified.