Our goal for reducing packaging waste
At Uber Eats, our goal is for 100% of restaurant deliveries to use more sustainable packaging by 2030. By setting clear criteria, supporting restaurants to adopt greener packaging, and sharing waste-disposal tips with customers, we’re helping to reduce the environmental impact of food delivery.
What happens after your order matters, too
More and more people are taking the effort to dispose of things properly. We’ve teamed up with experts to offer tips for how to dispose of packaging in your area.
How to dispose | ||
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Plastic bag | You can’t recycle plastic bags at home, but please reuse them if you can. For example, take one when you go out or use it as a bin liner at home. | |
Aluminium wrapper | Remove any leftover food from the packaging, and scrunch it into a golf-ball sized ball - this improves its recyclability. | |
Lined paper cup | If the cup is certified compostable (look for the Seedling logo), it can be placed in a compost bin if your council offers this service. It won’t break down in most home composting systems, If it is not certified compostable, put it in your normal waste bin. | |
Pizza box | Make sure all food leftovers and absorbent liners are removed from the box (a small amount of grease is fine) before disposing of it in your paper recycling bin. If there is too much food residue on the base of the box, you can tear the lid off and recycle the cleaner half. | |
Plastic food container with lid | Remove leftover food and rinse any residue off, which can influence the recyclability of the container, and place it in the plastics recycling. |
We’re here to help, but this content is for informational purposes only and shouldn’t be relied upon as business or legal advice from Uber. We’ve teamed up with experts to help provide packaging information and determine our eligibility criteria for our Green Packaging badges. Assessment for badges may also partly rely upon information provided to us by merchants, which Uber may not independently verify.