ECO TRENDS


HOME, SUSTAINABLE HOME Load-shedding, water shortages... it’s easy to understand the appeal of going off -grid. Umnyama Ikhaya has made it easy to do


just that by supplying transportable pod homes that can be located on any level piece of ground measuring 50m². The homes (or garages, schools, shops – whatever, really) are manufactured from pre-fabricated modular blocks in just 28 days and – here’s the clincher – allow residents to bid a fond, fi nal farewell to the grid by integrating gas, wind, solar, waterless toilets, a green growing façade, rainwater harvesting system, inverter and solar pumps. Visit: www.umnyamaikhaya.co.za


PUBLIC ENEMY #1: PLASTIC


Plastic is 2018’s pariah. We fi rst saw the emergence of this trend with the global shunning of plastic bags; then came straws, when consumers decided that while it might be hard drinking a smoothie without one, the sacrifi ce was worth it. Now plastic’s being ushered out the door in other industries, some of them rather surprising ones.


Lego, for instance, announced that its


fi rst sustainable blocks, manufactured using a sugar cane-based plastic will be released later this year. Locally,


EverBlock Jr has launched a range of supersized building blocks made of


recycled cardboard onto the market. And then there’s the wholesale rejection of single-use items like coff ee cups – why use a disposable mug when you can bring along your own re-usable, bamboo cup? Visit: www.everblocksystems.co.za and www.ecoff eecup.co.za


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