What is the future of packaging in a sustainable green economy? This was the topic GREEN HOME’s founder and managing director, Catherine Morris, discussed on a panel at the Food Next Africa conference this past Friday. It’s a question very close to her heart. She loved sharing how plant-based
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When last did you think about waste management? It’s not a sexy topic. Which is probably why it tends to get ignored. But we all create waste, and collectively, it causes serious problems. Fortunately, there are people paying attention, and working to bring about change. The V&A Waterfront is
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Take-away food containers that look biodegradable often have a not-so-silver lining. Lots of paper coffee cups, deli boxes, food trays (and much more) have plastic linings to make them water and oil resistant. These plastic linings are non-compostable (so they’ll stick around for hundreds or thousands of years) and can
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Our Cape Town office was recently visited by a group of documentary film makers investigating the topic of waste. They had a chat with Cat Morris, GREEN HOME’s managing director. She explains how biodegradable packaging can be part of a circular, waste-free economy. Should organic waste even be considered ‘waste’?
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To shoot our brand new Kraft Range, we teamed up with Shawarma Express on the beautiful UCT campus. As well as taking lots of lovely pics of their delicious food in our healthy packaging, we grabbed the opportunity to snap our packaging in action. Have a look at these great
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Our mission is to create a SA in which zero green, or organic, waste goes to landfill. Happily, we’re in good company. Together with the many amazing people already composting at their homes and businesses, industry players are taking huge steps forward. Building a GREEN Future This year, GREEN HOME became
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Because it’s Women’s Month, I sat down with GREEN HOME’s very own leading light Catherine Morris (known to most as Cat) for a chat about SA’s biodegradable revolution, women and what keeps her inspired. It’s been 11 years since you started GREEN HOME. Looking back, do any key inspirations stand
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Do you choose to refuse? With an ever-growing number of people saying no to single-use plastic straws, the global movement to ban them is accelerating. At GREEN HOME, we’re in full support – either use a sustainable straw, or nothing! There are many times when straws are simply not necessary
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Members of GREEN HOME’s Cape Town team visited Coastal Park Landfill in Muizenberg last Friday. And took a walk up one of its mountains of trash. These giant trash heaps grow constantly, with 300 to 800 trucks full of waste being added every day! Everything we Throw ‘Away’ is Still
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Imagine a world with no single-use plastic. Beaches are clean. Rivers run freely. Wildlife is safer. Landfills are shrinking. And Composting is growing.. At GREEN HOME, this is what we’re working towards. One piece of biodegradable packaging at at time. If you’re looking to reduce your plastic footprint, why not join
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