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Bamboo grows so much quicker that even with glue it might be more sustainable than using other woods.
by aembleton 5y ago
Bamboo grows so much quicker that even with glue it might be more sustainable than using other woods.
- TedShiller 5y agoWhat happens to glue when you throw it away?
- op00to 5y agoWhat happens to anything when you throw it away? It gets encapsulated in more garbage and stays there for basically ever.
- didsomeonesay 5y agocapturing carbon?
- david-gpu 5y agoWood rots. It doesn't even take that long. Let's not pretend natural biodegradable materials are the same.
- DFHippie 5y agoNot so much in a landfill.
- kleton 5y agoPhenol-formaldehyde thermoset breaks down into phenol and formaldehyde. It degrades a lot faster than polyolefins.
- TedShiller 5y agoDoes it "break down" sufficiently that you'd want the result in your tap water?
- Veen 5y agoPVA is biodegradable, I believe. But I suppose it depends which glue they use.