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…
Here at GREEN HOME, all our takeaway coffee cups are lined with plant-based PLA bioplastic to make them watertight. Here are some important advantages to lining our coffee cups with PLA…
Looking for eco-friendly cutlery for takeaway food? You may have come across some of the widely available options. Cutlery made from sustainably sourced wood is a fantastic green choice. And, CPLA bioplastic cutlery is popular with those who prefer the texture and feel of, well, bioplastic. There are also outlets selling PSM cutlery, which is…
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…
Our core vision is for packaging to exist in a waste free loop. Waste free loops are efficient, in sync with the natural world, regenerative, healthier, and more resilient. They also reduce pollution and, of course, minimise waste.
What’s the difference between biodegradable and compostable? And what do these terms tell us about how products break down how long it takes?
