Can Bamboo Replace Paper And Plastic? And Should It? | World Wide Waste | Business Insider

With bamboo-based products on the rise, we wanted to see how they compared to their plastic and paper counterparts. We went to Taiwan and China for a behind-the-scenes look at how bamboo is turned into cups, lunchboxes, toilet paper, and cutlery — and figured out which of these products have the biggest impact on our environment.

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00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Historic Uses Of Bamboo
00:58 - Rising Demand For Bamboo
01:18 - How Bamboo Bioplastic Is Made
04:37 - Environmental Impact Of Bamboo Bioplastic
06:04 - Possible Safety Risks Of Some Bamboo Plastics
06:46 - Bamboo Products Vs. Paper Products
07:13 - How Bamboo Toilet Paper Is Made
08:14 - Problems With Conventional Toilet Paper
09:06 - The Most Environmentally Friendly Toilet Paper
10:12 - Can Bamboo Products Compete?
11:29 - Credits

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Can Bamboo Replace Paper And Plastic? And Should It? | World Wide Waste | Business Insider

[SongokuJidai]

Bamboo grows so fast you can actually watch it grow. If there are applications for it, I'm all for it. Especially disposables such as straws and chopsticks.

[LivvieLynn]

I'd much rather a bamboo straw over paper that desolves before you're even done with it.

[RexRecon]

Speaking from personal experience, bamboo forks and chopsticks are much more pleasant than wooden ones. They have larger fiber so they don't splinter and isn't coated with sawdust.🎍

[Sjalabais]

The small scale of these futureproof producers is the biggest hurdle for now. It's up to companies and consumers to keep demanding these kinds of products.

[jasonbean]

This is brilliant. As an arborist, I've had to prune back aggressive bamboo near power lines.
It's difficult to chip! I thought, "There must be some use for this stuff, it's so durable!" I'm glad it's happening.:)

[SupCortez]

Bamboo chairs cups utensils, would totally be better than plastic

[TTOS]

Bamboo thrives here in NC. Alot of farmers and people who want privacy use it as a property boundary normanlly filled with hedges or trees.

[skylineXpert]

If it doesnt dissolve after a few sips on the straw (consuming a mcdo shake) then i say use it

[NA_erFan]

Love this idea. Have know my whole life, bamboo and hemp are the most promising replacement for plastics. But plastics are oil, so another fight agaist the Oil Industry

[ruqayyahcurtis]

Bamboo fabric is wonderful: sheets, linen, curtains, etc.

[robertbest]

Yes it should be used as a plastic replacement! Same with hemp

[edwindavid]

The sustainable option is actually using reusable lunch boxes (metal or glass) and cutlery... They can be used indefinitely and don't generate any waste

[chi-jenyang]

Using a bidet to wash your ass with water is even more sustainable than using recycled toilet paper.

[tonychen]

Bamboo grows fast, but this is not without repercussions. Bamboo sucks nutrients from the soil very fast in order to fuel this growth. In an old bamboo forest, the cycle has balanced out so fallen leaves and dead old bamboo put enough nutrients in the soil for the next generation to grow. But if the bamboo is continuously harvested, pretty soon the soil runs out of nutrients, and we'll need to add fertilizers. Mass farming of bamboo will require mass fertilization. Leaving the land fallow for a year can help slow this down, but again, mass bamboo use = mass bamboo farming = mass fertilization.

[ElSuperNova]

When I heard AS 5810 I knew that had to be an Australian Standard. Always surprised when I hear my boring regulatory job comes up in the wild.

[edr.]

Bamboo and Coconut trees are some of the greatest trees there is.

[LukaWyd]

0:49 I lived in Hong Kong for 6 years, so the way he pronounced it killed me😂😂 but I’ve never seen construction that didn’t use bamboo for scaffolding there so I can confirm that bamboo is used for scaffolding.

[mojo.jo.jo.]

Hemp has entered the chat.

Thank greed, racism and cotton for hemp not being used like it was supposed to be.

Better for the environment, better for soil, strong, versatile, health benefits, grows fast and helps emissions

[HaodukeN]

This is really good. I hope this gets spread more until it replaces plastic in a few generations

[voidhunter]

I hope Lastic can expand to europe; i'd love to buy that over plastic and reguler toilet paper even if they are more expensive.