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Benefits of Bamboo
Beyond the appeal, charm, and natural beauty, bamboo is strong, clean, and incredibly useful. Renewable, anti-bacterial, resilient, reliable, and moisture-resistant are just a few of the many properties of this naturally wonderful material. From small to large, simple to complex, inexpensive to premium, the promotional industry offers bamboo products to suit every budget and application. Whether entertaining, working hard at the office or home, or enjoying a well-deserved treat, bamboo can offer anyone a smart product solution.

Bamboo is one of the fasted growing plants in the world. In fact, it can grow up to 60 cm/24 inches in one day. Bamboo is a fascinating material due to its incredible strength and regenerative properties. A pole of bamboo can regenerate to its full mass in just six months. It can be continuously re-harvested every three to seven years without causing damage to the plant system and the re-harvesting actually improves the overall health of the plant. Its surrounding environment is not harmed because its root system stays intact so erosion is prevented. Bamboo has very quickly emerged as an extremely viable alternative to all sorts of non-renewable products.

Bamboo fabric
A technique of making bamboo fiber from bamboo pulp has been developed through an innovative process. The smaller bamboo fibers are spun into super-soft yarns and fabrics and the textile industry uses these fabrics for many different items. It is soft, absorbent, anti-bacterial, anti-microbial, UV resistant, hypo-allergenic and thermo-regulating. It is a great alternative to cotton because there is only a fraction of the time and resources spent on producing bamboo for fabric as there is cotton. Bamboo does not require the large amounts of water and pesticides that cotton does, nor does it required the attentive care of cotton.

In the kitchen
Bamboo's inherit anti-microbial, natural anti-bacterial and moisture resistant properties make it natural for entertaining and food preparation products. It would seem only natural that the promotional industry would offer a wide variety of bamboo pieces for the kitchen.

At the office
Many bamboo desktop accessories have been available for years. Some of these items include cell phone/business card holders, memo holders, picture frames, organizers, notebooks, writing instruments and even USB drives.






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