Bamboo
What is it?
Bamboo is actually a grass. It holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest growing plant, with some species hitting an astonishing 91cm per day. It’s known for its strength and durability and has many useful applications.
It is super fast-growing and can be re-harvested over and over once mature.
Why we like It
It is water resistant, resistant to tearing and has no grain.
- Uses less water and land than growing trees.
- Requires no pesticides or fertilizers.
- Absorbs twice the amount of carbon than trees.
- Lightweight and portable
Applications
Bamboo has a lot of applications and usages:
- Cutlery—perfect material for making kitchen utensils, cutting boards, cups and other household items.
- Toothbrushes—bamboo is a sustainable alternative to plastic for toothbrushes.
- Toilet Paper—requires no bleaching agents and is naturally antibacterial.
- NO deforestation
- NO pesticides
- NO acid
- NO bleach
- NO fertilizers
- YES compostable
How to care for it
Bamboo is easy to wipe clean, is dishwasher friendly and naturally repels fats and water (it’s called nature’s own Teflon).
Recycling & circularity
Unlike plastic, bamboo is 100% compostable and typically breaks down within 6 months. This makes bamboo a great sustainable alternative to regular disposable cutlery, straws and toothbrushes.
How to recycle
Waste-to-energy or compost in nature
The Bamboo Toilet Paper Factory
Making toilet paper from bamboo is a much more eco-friendly process than making regular wood-pulp based paper. Out Bamboo Toilet Paper Factory is a family-owned business based in the Guizhou region of China that adheres to high working standards.
Our Bamboo range
As it’s such a great material we use it to produce a variety of bamboo-based products in our marketplace. So far we have cutlery sets, toothbrushes, straws, and toilet paper, and we’ll continue to look for opportunities to use it again in the future.
