Are You Bamboozled by Bamboo Hype?
An Informed Shopper Is a Smart Buyer
Bamboo products, particularly fabrics and flooring, are enjoying quite the eco-hype these days, for some very good reasons. Bamboo is fast-growing, in some cases growing as much as three feet per day. It requires little if any fertilizers or pesticides, it reproduces itself without the need to plow and plant, and its cultivation, processing, and distribution provide hundreds of millions of jobs in China alone. The fabrics made from bamboo fibers can be soft ..read more