Where are the Subpods made?

Where are the Subpods made?


We carefully researched the best place to make Subpods and centred on a state of the art, best practices facility in China for several reasons:
  1. We personally visited facilities we were considering, requiring that the work environment was safe and that the employees were well treated
  2. The production technology was modern and efficient (less energy and material waste)
  3. The cost of goods was most affordable, to make Subpods available at a reasonable price for everyone to be able to afford one
  4. The ability to incorporate the maximal amount of recycled High-Density Polyethylene into the produced Subpod, without compromising the strength (bears 200 kg of weight sitting on the lid) and the long timespan we required (at least 10 years minimum, but up to 20 years)
  5. We wanted an efficient place to ship from for international reach to get the Subpod around the world with the minimum carbon footprint. 
  6. We needed to invest significant money into our tooling process which required 15 tonnes of steel to make our molds.    
  7. We could not find an Australian manufacturer that could produce the specialised tooling process to make our product to the high standard that we needed.
The Subpod was invented in Australia by Andrew Hayim De Vries and further developed by our team in Australia.  You can read more about the Subpod team here: 

We are working closely with our manufacturing team to make sure each and every Subpod is to the highest quality.


    • Related Articles

    • Subpods in Community Gardens

      Community Gardens are often the hub of life in communities around the world.  People visit, share knowledge, grow, harvest and celebrate together.  They are the perfect place to put Subpods.  Subpods aerate the soil and deliver nutrients directly to ...

    • Subpods in schools

      We believe that school gardens are important to support and we are offering interested schools potential discounts for purchasing large order of Subpods for their school.  We are also developing our Subpod Schools program and affiliate program, you ...

    • Where can I purchase Subpods? How much do Subpods cost?

      You can purchase Subpods and Subpod Bundles through our webshop here:  https://subpod.com/collections/all We will be shipping to Australia, USA, EU, Uk, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan.  We have Subpods starting at $ 149 USD + shipping. ​ If you are ...

    • How many Subpods do I need?

      We have designed the Subpods to be used for a family of up to 4 people.  The capacity of the Subpods once they are up and running will be 30 liters/15 kilograms of organic waste per week. At the start when you are getting your Subpod up and running, ...

    • What is the Subpod made out of? Why plastic?

      It’s great to be concerned about the use of plastic, and we have put a lot of energy into this. When designing the Subpod we have considered many factors, and one of the main things that are important to us is a circular life economy. We have found ...