Category: GREEN News
The RMR Makana Green Fun Run
The RMR Makana Green Fun Run took place on Sunday 1 May 2016 This year they made use of biodegradable cups. We stock single walled cups which are perfect for serving cold drinks at events. The cups are made locally from FSC certified sustainable paper which has been lined with a thin layer of corn…
AgriProtein, an Insect Farm for a Sustainable Future
South African fly farm, AgriProtein, is making waves with its innovative and back to basics approach to manufacturing farm feed. Watch this fascinating video to see how AgriProtein are using using food waste to farm maggots, which creates feed for chickens and pigs, replacing the fishmeal they are often fed. The process also makes natural…
City of Cape Town Offers Free Compost Bins to Homeowners
The City of Cape Town invited homeowners to apply for free compost bins in its latest move to become a zero-waste society. They are providing free home composting containers to help city residents compost their organic household waste and create a good compost system. Healthy compost feeds nutrients back into soil, retaining moisture and can…
Green Burials: A Will for the Woods
There is a new award-wining documentary out called A Will for the Woods. It poses the question, “What if our last act could be a gift to the planet?” It’s about the journey of a musician who, facing his own immanent passing, discovers a movement to use burial as a way to protect and maintain…
SA’s Beaches Flooded by a Tidal Wave of Plastic Trash
The Sunday Times reported on 13 December 2015. It covers what all of us living along coastal areas have been seeing and feeling disturbed by for a while. It’s great to see the issue of plastic trash on our beaches featured in a major newspaper. This is a worldwide problem and it is hard to…
Biodegradable Plastics are not the Answer to Reducing Marine Litter, says UN
This article discussing why biodegradable plastics are not the answer to reducing marine litter was recently published on the United Nations News Center. We absolutely agree with this. Using biodegradable plastic in the place of conventional plastic will not reduce the amount of marine liter that we are experiencing in the world today. Biodegradable plastics…