What's So Great About Bamboo?
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Bamboo has blossomed with the green movement, going from Panda chow to material extraordinaire in a few short years; we've seen it used in just about everything: flooring, anti-microbial bedding, and notebook computers, not too mention more furniture than you can shake a (quickly renewable) stick at and 1000 other things (really).
But is it really green? In a two-part series, dealing with its manufacture from round stalk to flat board and trying to figure out what's so good about it, Core77 uncovers some interesting stuff. The short version: because it grows so quickly, the root system isn't damaged by harvesting and it's so plentiful -- "For a lumber harvester, the yield can be 25 times what you'd get from regular ol' trees" (more)
via:treehugger
