BAMBOO

BAMBOO : QUALITIES AND BENEFITS

There are over 1,200 species of bamboo
This amazing plant grows in tropical and temperate environments and is very hardy, not needing pesticides or herbicides to grow well
It is a type of grass and grows directly from the roots
When bamboo is cut it quickly grows back
Most species maturing in 3-5 years
Can be harvested every year for 80 to 120 years
Bamboo is often labeled ‘the world’s most renewable material’ and is the fastest growing woody plant in the world
It can grow up to one metre in one day, and absorbs five times more carbon dioxide than trees
It produces 35% more oxygen than the same area planted with trees
It requires little or no irrigation, depending on the environment
It rarely needs replanting
It LOCKS carbon
It is an excellent soil erosion inhibitor

BAMBOO : STRUCTURAL USES

According to UNESCO, 70 hectares of bamboo produces enough material to build 1000 houses. If timber was used instead, it would require the felling of trees from an already diminishing supply of forests worldwide
Equal to steel in tensile strength, while maintaining flexibility
Today, over one billion people in the world live in bamboo houses
It is being used in road reinforcements in India and it is also used to build bridges in China, capable of supporting trucks that weigh as much as 16 tons

BAMBOO : SUSTAINABILITY-THE RESEARCH

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Please see below a host of links to just a portion of the quality and peer reviewed information about bamboo.

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