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Since 2023, our GREEN team has embarked on an important sustainability goal: ensuring that all our food packaging is PFAS free. But what is PFAS? And why is being PFAS free important? Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is a group of over 4,700 man-made chemicals that are used in a large number of products across…
Composting is one of the best ways to reduce your carbon footprint and make a difference in your local environment. Food is a top-wasted resource in modern society, and chemical fertilizers are overused. These factors cause soil health to decline and emissions to skyrocket. Contribute to a better planet by making an easy DIY compost…
GREEN HOME’s exciting partnership with Maynardville saw the open air theatre’s vibey food market go compostable. Instead of making waste, we made healthy, good-for-the-earth compost.
You’ve likely heard that researchers estimate there’ll be more plastic than fish in our oceans by 2050, if we don’t do something drastic. That’s only 25 years away. Scary. Plastic pollution can feel like an insane, impossible problem to solve, given it’s enormous scale and how reliant we’ve become on many plastic products. But, as…
Something really cool happened a few weeks ago. You may recall us talking animatedly about our partnership with MTN Bushfire, back at the beginning of winter. To quickly recap, this iconic African festival is ‘closing the loop’ on waste in their Global Food Village, with our 100% compostable food packaging. We were at the fest in early…
When it comes to environmental stewardship, MTN Bushfire walk their talk with an ambitious, forwarding-thinking approach to waste management that includes compostable packaging and the 3 bin system.
Here at GREEN HOME, all our takeaway coffee cups are lined with plant-based PLA bioplastic to make them watertight. Here are some important advantages to lining our coffee cups with PLA…
We’ve just added a cool new product to our Extended Range: eco-friendly ‘bubble wrap’ that’s made from recycled paper. It’s available now in our new Wrapping and Protection category. While plastic bubble wrap uses trapped air for cushioning, our new biodegradable solution turns to the amazing honeybee for inspiration. A honeycomb texture cut into the…
Looking for eco-friendly cutlery for takeaway food? You may have come across some of the widely available options. Cutlery made from sustainably sourced wood is a fantastic green choice. And, CPLA bioplastic cutlery is popular with those who prefer the texture and feel of, well, bioplastic. There are also outlets selling PSM cutlery, which is…
