On 18 March 2019 the Organics Recycling Association of South Africa (ORASA) held its official launch event at Hotel Verde in Cape Town. YWaste’s Emile Fourie MC’d in front of a full house. ORASA’s launch is certainly timely. With organic waste to landfill bans fast approaching in the Western Cape, the need for collaboration…
Are we saving the Planet One Cup at a Time? Not exactly. GREEN HOME does not propose to save you or the planet. But we do believe that some things are better for the planet than others. And we can save you from using an incredible amount of single use plastic and other non-recyclable waste.…
A First for Botswana Fego Caffe Gaborone has just become Botswana’s first restaurant to implement 100% biodegradable packaging for all takeaways! We’d like to congratulate them on their launch last week and are super excited that they’ve chosen to partner with us on this journey. Most packaging used in Botswana is non-biodegradable and very little…
The Creamery have just reached a new milestone. This November marks 7 years of serving exceptional ice-cream to the Cape, as sustainably as possible. We sat down with their brand manager, Maggie, in their Newlands cafe to find out how they do it – over coffee and ice-cream, of course! Below are our key take-aways…
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 on Friday 28 September 2018 at the Cape Town International Convention Center. It’s a question very close to her heart. She loved…
Recently, a group of documentary film makers visited GREEN HOME. They were making a short film about waste and recycling. They chatted to GREEN HOME’s founder and managing director, Catherine Morris. She spoke about how biodegradable food packaging is part of a circular economy. Should we even consider organic waste as waste? Watch Catherine answer…
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 shots of SA’s young movers…
Because it’s Women’s Month, we sat down with GREEN HOME’s very own founder and MD 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 out from the journey…
Members of GREEN HOME’s Cape Town team visited Coastal Park Landfill in Muizenberg last Friday and climbed an enormous mountain 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 Here If you live, work or play in Cape…
