Bamboo is a member of the grass family and is the fastest-growing plant in the world. Its superior growth characteristic has made bamboo highly significant economically and culturally throughout its growing area for thousands of years; bamboo is used in gardens, as a building material, and as a food source. More recently, bamboo has become a significant renewable source of material for building and creating textiles.
Bamboo flooring is manufactured from bamboo that is split and flattened, dried, and then laminated in layers with glue under high pressure. Manufactured bamboo floors are typically made available in planks with varying grain orientation, and are easily installed without the use of glues. Individual flooring planks have interlocking joints that click into place. Bamboo flooring is known to be durable and resistant to insects and moisture. Bamboo has also gained a reputation as an eco-friendly, highly renewable source of material, as the bamboo plant reaches maturity in considerably less time than the trees used to make wood floors. However, controversy exists over agricultural and manufacturing issues related to the production of bamboo floors, including the environmental effects of deforestation in order to plant bamboo and the use of carcinogenic chemicals such as formaldehyde in the glues used for lamination in some products.
Bamboo fabric is a natural textile made from the pulp of the bamboo plant. Bamboo fabric is light and strong, very soft, and has excellent breathability, wicking, and anti-bacterial properties. It is often marketed as a more affordable substitute for silk. Bamboo fabric is thought to be an eco-friendly and sustainable choice. All processed bamboo fiber is Oeko Tex 100 certified and many bamboo fabrics are certified organically grown.
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