Green Xmas Packaging
Although it’s not biodegradable, we LOVED this innovative and re-usable alternative to xmas wrapping paper.
Year: 2008
Big Business is getting greener
On Treevolution, it was reported that South Africa’s second annual Carbon Disclosure Project survey revealed that companies are beginning to acknowledge and engage with the challenge of climate change, the minister of environmental affairs and tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, said in a speech at the CDP report’s launch. He said that the companies that responded…
Season Gree(n)tings!
On the 25th November the Klapmuts Community Market held a Christmas party for children in the area. Green Home sponsored 200 bowls and spoons for the occasion.
Composting is on the up!
Zero to Landfill – by Melanie JonesWe at Zero to Landfill hate waste ending up in landfills so we’ve decided to do something about it. Starting with organics – food waste, contaminated paper and garden refuse – we hope to make a big dent in waste going to landfill. Over 50% of waste in landfills…
Don’t waste waste (Part 2) – by Ronald Thomson
Part one stated that here, in South Africa, we must start recycling our organic waste at source just as we recycle (or should) our inorganic waste. Now, what is organic waste? Quite simply it is anything that was once alive but is now dead and that can be decomposed into compost! This includes all fruit…
Green Home products on Top Billing!
The Cable Way’s new restaurants on top of Table Mountain will be featured on Top Billing showing how they’ve gone biodegradable using Green Home products. Watch SABC 3 this Thursday, 20 November at 7.30pm or on Sunday at 12.30pm.
Bio-plastics: 42% Reduction in Carbon Footprint
Cereplast,a leading bioplastic manufacturer recently announced that it has received confirmation of the low carbon footprint of its bioplastics-based Biopropylene(R) resin. In conjunction with Prof. Ramani Narayan of Michigan State University, and after several months of research by an independent testing laboratory, it is demonstrated that carbon dioxide emissions is reduced by 42%. Read more…
Plastic leaves…?
According to ABC online, the Cooperative Research Centre for Sugar Industry Innovation claims to have had success with a process which inserts genes into sugar cane that makes it produce a form of biodegradable plastic in its leaves. Read more here.
Plastics to avoid
Cape Town Oracle, a great blog creating green consciousness in the Mother City, published this short ‘n sweet guide to 3 plastics to avoid.