This blog post was written by GREEN HOME’s founder and MD – Catherine Morris. Over the past few months Lockdown has been tough for many businesses, and people’s personal lives, and GREEN HOME is no exception. But, as we enter Level 1, I feel compelled to reflect on an incredible phenomenon within GREEN HOME. Some…
There’s been a big fuss about plastic straws in recent years. And rightly so. They’re small, lightweight and easily travel to where they don’t belong in massive numbers, through the action of wind and rain. Straws are used briefly and then tossed, but continue to pollute environments for hundreds of years or more, with well…
This month’s product feature is on two compartment take away boxes, one of our most popular products. These take away boxes are made from plant based raw materials, in this case it’s Bagasse. Bagasse is a by product from the sugar cane industry – its whats left after the sugar cane has been pressed for…
We were recently asked this question. While it is excellent to see more and more types of plastic being recycled, there are two important reasons why biodegradable is better. Firstly, compostable packaging is made from renewable plant material and secondly it returns to its natural elements in composting environments. Most food packaging is plastic or…
Who went to the Good Food and Wine show 2013 held at the CTICC in Cape Town? GreenHome was there! Our biodegradable food packaging was used at the Real Food Theater and the Little Chefs Kitchen and you could find our products at many of the other stalls too. The Real Food Theater offered workshops that…
We’d like to start this year getting people thinking about how to reduce the amount of plastic packaging they’re using. According to Cape Town Green Map there is very little demand within the recycling industry in South Africa to recover plastics from post-consumer sources, which means they currently end up at a landfill site. At…
Once again Rocking The Daisies Music Festival came to the party and used compostable food packaging. All food was served in biodegradable food packaging which was then collected, sorted and composted. This is what GreenHome calls a full green event. We are so thrilled when it happens that we reward event organisers with great discounts…
