April 27, 2023
What other bamboo products are there?
Other than eating bamboo, having a decorative bamboo plant or bamboo flooring, more and more products being made from bamboo. Here are just some of them:- Furniture and work tops
- Chopping boards and utensils
- Phone cases
- Bike frames, skateboards and snowboards
- Toothbrushes, cotton buds and hairbrushes
- Re-usable coffee cups and flasks
- Cutlery and chop sticks
- Toilet paper and kitchen towels
- Clothing – t-shirts, socks, underwear
- Sunglasses
- Towels and cleaning cloths
- Keyboard and mouse
- Re-usable drinking straws
- Bowls, plates and cups
- Serving trays and storage jars
- Laundry baskets

Interesting bamboo facts
- Bamboo is a grass, not a tree or plant
- It is actually one of the fastest growing plants on the planet. Some species can grow up to 90cm per day!
- Bamboo has incredible tensile strength
- It is a highly renewable resource – after it has been harvested it continues to grow without the need for re-planting
- Bamboo absorbs more carbon dioxide than trees and releases more oxygen, making it great for the environment
- No pesticides or fertilizer are needed to grow bamboo
- Don’t worry, bamboo flooring is made from a completely different species to the bamboo that pandas eat, so they are not going hungry!