GREEN HOME and MTN Bushfire have built a solid and fruitful partnership since 2023, as the legendary African festival continues to lead with committed action — reducing waste and moving closer to a truly closed-loop system with compostable food packaging. But, the circular system that Bushfire is building extends well beyond the big festival weekend…
Earth’s remarkable recycling strategy — biodegradation — has successfully kept our planet waste free for many millions of years. But, in the past 70 years or so, the use of non-biodegradable plastic has exploded, resulting in enormous amounts of non-biodegradable waste, and escalating plastic pollution and health crises. Does it make sense to use long-lasting…
We were thrilled to return as Official Compostable Packaging Partner at MTN Bushfire 2025 – one of Africa’s most iconic festivals. Each year, it brings over 20,000 people together in the spirit of music, creativity, and positive change.We just love being a part of this phenomenal event, and assisting them to make soil instead of…
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 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…
