Bamboo as a renewable resource
With a maximum growth of 91 centimeters per day, bamboo is the fastest-growing plant in the world. When harvested, the roots remain intact, and the bamboo grows back from the same shoot; it is a self-fertilizing plant. For use as a raw material, bamboo can be harvested within a few years. This is impressive when bamboo is compared to other renewable raw materials for paper production. For example, pine trees need 30 years and oak trees even 80 years to be ready for harvest.
Bamboo is free from pesticides and chemicals
Bamboo can be grown without pesticides, artificial fertilizers, or chemicals. This is due to the powerful, natural anti-fungal agent kun / kunh in bamboo. This agent protects the plant during growth and when creating the primary fiber for paper. Bamboi® has consciously chosen to have 100% organic, unbleached rolls made for our paper. As a result, Bamboi® is free from added chemicals and hypoallergenic.
Bamboo keeps the air clean
Bamboo is a powerful natural CO2 storage that keeps the air clean. In fact, bamboo stores 35% more carbon and releases 35% more oxygen than trees. At the bottom line, each box of Bamboi saves 6.69 KG of CO2! An adult tree absorbs 21 KG of CO2 per year. Are you curious about how paper products made from bamboo make a positive impact on the environment?
Bamboo forests in China
In China, there are 208 different types of bamboo. The bamboo used by Bamboi comes from Sichuan (China) and fortunately is not at all interesting to pandas. This species covers an area of 200,000 hectares. This is equal to 300,000 football fields. There is more than enough to use. And the more it is used, the better it is for the world! Due to the storage limit of bamboo, the grass species must be harvested so that the young shoots can absorb carbon again. We transform the harvested bamboo, full of stored CO2, into toilet rolls, thus keeping the carbon out of the air for as long as possible.