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 we wheel out our bins on rubbish day, its contents are quickly out of sight and out of mind. Our trash will get collected, and taken away. Problem solved. Except, of course, the problem has only been relocated. (Most likely to a landfill). Our rubbish is now a city management problem. And the planet’s…
Described by CNN as one of the ‘7 African music festivals you really have to see’, MTN Bushfire is an iconic celebration of creative expression. It attracts talent and attendees from across Africa and around the world. Together with supporting and celebrating the arts, MTN Bushfire is also a platform that promotes social responsibility and…
What’s the difference between biodegradable and compostable? And what do these terms tell us about how products break down how long it takes?
Not everyone knows what industrial composting is, so we’ve written this post to help clarify the term. Many people assume that industrial composting involves big machines that require lots of energy. But that’s often not the case…
A Sugarcane Bowl before composting, and at two stages during the composting process We often get asked: ‘How long do your products take to break down?’ The Quick AnswerAll of our products are compostable and will break down in roughly 2 – 12 weeks in composting conditions. The Long AnswerIt depends. Mostly, on what a…
We often get asked if our products break down in landfill. The short answer is yes, they will break down eventually. But really, nothing breaks down well in landfill, and zero waste to landfill is what we should all be aiming for. This article outlines what happens in a landfill and why we need to…
