Huski Home – launched last December by Lisa and Luke Scott – is using waste products to create useful housewares items, to include Huski travel cups, that are made from rice husks which are often burned, causing problems for ecology, wildlife and communities.
The items have quickly gained ground, and are currently stocked by over 90 different retailers, to include gift shops.
The travel cups will be among a range of products from the company to be showcased in the On Trend area at Exclusively Housewares which takes place on June 11 and 12 at the Business Design Centre.
Travel mugs in bright new colours will be unveiled at the show, as well as new lunchboxes. Huski will also be launching bowls made from discarded coconut shells and spoons made from coconut trees that no longer bear fruit, as well as biodegradable ‘grass’ straws made from the bottom part of bulrushes that are discarded in the manufacturer of mats.
“Our company ethos is to use anything that is natural waste,” explains director Lisa Scott. Reflecting on how Huski Home started, Lisa says: “We watched as many companies launched so called ‘eco-friendly products’ which, on researching further, were not quite as good as they were portrayed. This got us thinking that there must be alternatives and other resources to utilise. It’s where we came across the idea of using natural by-products, essentially Mother Nature’s waste.”
Huski Home has already gained recognition as a finalist in the Best New Eco Living category at the Natural & Organic Awards Europe 2019.
Top: Huski’s popular eco-friendly rice husk cups will be featured in the On Trend area at Exclusively Housewares.
