Green Joy is producing biodegradable and sustainable straws made in Viet Nam from the natural grass Lepironia.

Green Joy is replacing plastic straws with environmentally friendly, natural straws made of Lepironia grass, which is abundant only in the Mekong Delta of Viet Nam. The production process is eco-friendly, with 90% of the process being automated and relying on solar energy,  reducing electricity and water consumption and resulting in minimal carbon emissions. We are also piloting AI technologies in the sorting process to automate the production line.

Awards include:

1st Prize	Falling Walls Lab Viet Nam 2018
2nd Prize	Blue Venture Award 2019
Top 4 Viet Nam	Circular Innovation Jam 2020

Primary Goal

	SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production Using 100% natural grass straws, helping to preserve the natural grass ecosystem (100 hectares of grass fields), and reduce 5 billion plastic straws by 2026.
	SDG 14: Life Below Water Avoiding the use of plastic straws to keep the ocean clean.
	SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth Through our production and partnership, Greenjoy provides people with decent jobs and helps to improve local economies.

Secondary Goal

	SDG 1: No poverty Improving the livelihoods of over 1000 farmers and local people in the Mekong Delta region by 2025.
	SDG 5: Gender Equality  Creating job opportunities for local women and girls. Greenjoy is a women-led startup and 70% of the staff are women and girls.
	SDG 13: Climate Action The whole production process is eco-friendly, with minimal carbon emission, no landfill and no plastic recycling.
	SDG 17: Partnerships For The Goals GreenJoy partners with farmers, local communities, NGOs, government and tech labs/universities to support the growth and development of the enterprise.

Selling to B2B HoReCa customers domestically (D2C) and wholesaler/distributors for export to Europe, America, Japan, South Korean and APAC

Revenue split: 90% wholesale, 10% retail.

The market demand for grass straws is growing exponentially, as single-use plastic ones are gradually banned in Europe, the US, Asia, in 2020 -2021. In the US alone, about 500 million straws are used every single day,  and according to Statista.com, Eunomia. Straw Wars , 23.5 billion plastic straws were used in Europe as of March 2018.

 With this, we calculate that the total addressable market for grass straws is about USD 2.5 billion, in which the Service Available Market and Serviceable Obtainable Market is around USD 1 billion and USD 50 million, respectively. This market potential is about 30 times larger than our current manufacturing capabilities, about 36 million straws per year 

To meet such high market demand, we plan to optimize our production by gradually automating more steps of the production process.

Have sold 30 million straws since Nov2018

Domestically: over 500 B2B HoReCa customers In HCMC, Phu Quoc, Nha Trang, Da Nang, Hai Phong, Hanoi

Internationally: reaching over 30 countries across Europe, America, Japan, South Korea, Oceanna and APAC  

To become the number one grass straw supplier in Viet Nam and export to more than 100 countries, replacing 5 billion plastic straws and reaching a turnover of USD 50 million by 2025.

Accelerate the phasing-out of single-use plastic by making the most sustainable and affordable grass straws for the F&B sectors and individuals.

• To automate and scale up the production line     
• To plant, grow and preserve 100 hectares of grass fields     
• For marketing and brand exposure 
• For R&D and to register IP
• For global expansion

For more informations about us :

Ms. Nguyen Vo - Founder & CEO