JHB, We're Upsizing! — Our Gauteng branch is moving 16 March 2025. See details here.
GREEN HOME has launched a new range of wide PLA-lined paper bowls with fully compostable lids — a first for the South African market (and yes, we’re a little proud). This low-carbon, fully compostable bowl-and-lid solution is designed for takeaway food and made entirely from renewable plant materials, giving meals on the move a lighter…
Since 2023, our GREEN team has embarked on an important sustainability goal: ensuring that all our food packaging is PFAS free. But what is PFAS? And why is being PFAS free important? Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is a group of over 4,700 man-made chemicals that are used in a large number of products across…
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…
Is plastic a sustainable option when it’s recyclable? Our answer: not according to the evidence we see. Why? Here are a few reasons from the World Economic Forum’s top recycling facts of 2022…
A giant leap away from single-use plastics occurred this month. The EU Single-use Plastics Directive came into force, banning many of the most polluting plastic items. Included on the red list are plastic straws, cutlery, stirrers and polystyrene containers.
South Africa has its very own campaign to reduce plastic bags, called Rethink the Bag. The website is full of information about South Africa’s plastic bag levy and the affects of plastic bags on our environment. This is a popular international movement and many cities have already banned the use of plastic bags. In South…
The Two Oceans Aquarium recently produced the poster on the left. See their blog post Straws Suck. We totally agree with the sentiment! Plastic straws are widely used without question. It is standard practice to receive a straw with a cold drink at most fast food outlets and in most restaurants. There are some scary…
