- Bamboo is a natural material that is biodegradable as well as compostable, making it a great choice for an eco-friendly material.
- Bamboo is more absorbent than cotton, naturally drawing moisture away from the skin.
- Bamboo is also softer than cotton and is naturally more hypoallergenic making it a fantastic fabric for use in baby clothes and blankets.
- Bamboo is naturally anti-bacterial and anti-fungal.
- Bamboo is fast growing and a naturally renewable tree-like grass, it requires little maintenance to farm as it doesn’t need any pesticides or herbicides and very little water to grow.
- Bamboo holds the record in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the fastest growing plant. It has been recorded growing up to 91cm per day.
- Bamboo has a tensile strength of about 28,000 pounds per square inch. To give you an idea of how much this is, mild steel measures about 23,000 pounds per square inch!
- Thomas Edison’s first successful light bulb used a filament of carbonised bamboo. It was patented in 1880. This lightbulb still burns today in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC.
- Bamboo absorbs carbon dioxide and releases more oxygen than trees.
- Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants globally, making it a renewable resource.
- Bamboo doesn’t need to be replanted after harvesting as it regenerates from its root system. This means there is no requirement for new land to be cleared which reduces deforestation and soil erosion.
