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After finding out that bamboo fabric is just rayon, and seeing some videos of how bamboo lumber is created ... I'm not feeling all that positive about bamboo as
by rootusrootus 3y ago
After finding out that bamboo fabric is just rayon, and seeing some videos of how bamboo lumber is created ... I'm not feeling all that positive about bamboo as some kind of green/renewable material. The processing it requires uses a bunch of really nasty chemicals.
- 10u152 3y agoYeah the “Bamboo” fabric was fantastic marketing. I’ll still take cotton, thanks.
- dr_kiszonka 3y agoA lot of people got seriously bamboozled!
- scythe 3y agoThere's been some pretty interesting developments in the space of wood fiber clothing without such nasty chemicals: http://ioncell.fi/ http://ioncell.fi/ https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2015/ra/c5ra12386k https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2015/ra/c5ra1238... Probably a decade before it makes its way to a price point I can afford.
- jimbobthrowawy 3y agoAfter seeing the effort it takes to remove bamboo from where you don't want it, I'm pretty prejudiced against it outside where it's native. Granted, it's no knotweed.