Lilly Loompa Upcycled Homeware

Guest: Lizl Naude - Owner and Co-Founder :   Lilly Loompa is an award-winning waste management educationenterprise which creates homeware through a process of upcyclingdiscarded waste and transforming it into desirable products thatcomplements your home interior decorating. The items range from small storage holders, to tabletop accessories,décor, and small furniture. All materials are carefully sourced fromwaste and sustainably reimagined as beautiful, yet purposefulproducts. Eco-friendly, handcrafted and 100% South African, eachLilly Loompa piece, once trash, is now a meaningful piece of HistoryStarted trading in 2016 to educate the broader communityon waste management and upcyclingSpreading a story of hope through waste is our narrative.Having lost everything more than 5 times through theft,bad investments, etc. and still perseveringInvited to take part in Africa Forum 2018 in EgyptRegular media features, telling my story of hopeLaunched online store in 2019. Also listed our products inkey tourists shopsFeatured on Kwela Kyknet, Beautiful News in 2020. Thesefeatures opened the local market to our offeringDesigned My Africa Range during Covid lockdown 2020.World's first Africa-shaped lap deskSiAWECCA Winner 2020 endorsed by The United NationsLaunched Travelling Lap desk campaign in 2021Mail & Guardian Sustainable Design Winner 2021Launched first showroom in Paarl 2021Proudly SA status in 2022.Opened 2nd showroom in Stellenbosch 2022Stellenbosch Sustainablity #ideasforchange Winner 2022Delivered our 2nd International order to Germany 2022Custodian of The Green Mile Tourist RouteBriefly News - Top 15 Entrepreneurs to watch in 2022.Achieved 2nd positionTop 5 Finalists - V&A Waterfront Plastics Innovation &Circularity ChallengeLilly Loompa is an award-winning waste management educationenterprise which creates homeware through a process of upcyclingdiscarded waste and transforming it into desirable products thatcomplements your home interior decorating.