A while back the Kyknet Dagbreek crew came to our offices to interview our director, Catherine Morris, and put together a feature on GreenHome and biodegradable packaging. GreenHome was the first company to introduce biodegradable packaging to South Africa. Watch the interview to find about how Catherine Morris first discovered the concept of biodegradable packaging…
GreenHome sponsored gift bags to The Sunflower Fund Golf Day. The Golf Day is one of the events they hold in order to raise funds for this important NGO. The Sunflower Fund “educates, recruits and raises funds to build and sustain an effective SABMR (South African Bone Marrow Registry) as a source of well informed…
Extended Producer Responsibility (ERP) is the idea that the producer take responsibility for the full lifecycle of the product and packaging they produce. It’s not a new concept but recently we have been seeing it proposed as a solution to the problem of too much waste. We look at what it means and how it…
GreenHome Joburg has been walking to work since December 2013. We are doing this because we wanted to prove to ourselves that change is possible and that walking can be a lifestyle not a burden. In total we walk between 20 – 26Kms a day as some live further away than others. We decided to…
Welcome to our interns, Denise Visser and Anne Lyskawa, who have joined us for three months from the HAS University of Applied Sciences in Netherlands. They are going to be doing some market and branding research for us. Some of our clients will meet them in person and some already have. They sure don’t waste…
Its holiday season again! For the first time, GreenHome will have a skeleton staff available to assist customers with emergency orders while the rest of us take a break from 20th Dec till the 6th January. Please ensure you place your orders before then, and we will have someone on to help with anything that…
Shiloh Synergy’s School Sandwich Project delivers sandwiches and fruit to school children, packaged in GreenHome’s brown paper sandwich bags. Shiloh Synergy is a non profit company based in Brakenfell. They began as a church initiative to feed hungry children in Wallacedene. Over the years, they have grown and currently supply approximately 63000 meals to organisations…
Demand for eco friendly packaging has increased quickly! How exciting see so many people making the choice to serve food in something that biodegrades and composts instead of something that lasts for ever! We are doing our best to expand quickly enough to accommodate the increase in demand. Even if it means bashing down walls!…
Dear Valued Customers OCTOBER 2013 PRICE INCREASE NOTIFICATION In May 2013 we raised our prices due to our increased costs. However, with the continued weakening of the Rand, our costs have risen again and we need to notify you of yet another price increase. GreenHome would like to continue to create a stable…
