” There are two ways to process bamboo to make the plant into a fabric: mechanically or chemically. The mechanical way is by crushing the woody parts of the bamboo plant and then use natural enzymes to break the bamboo walls into a mushy mass so that the natural fibers can be mechanically combed out and spun into yarn. This is essentially the same eco-friendly manufacturing process used to produce linen fabric from flax or hemp. Bamboo fabric made from this process is sometimes called bamboo linen. Very little bamboo linen is manufactured for clothing because it is more labor intensive and costly.”

The only way to know whether you are purchasing truly environmentally bamboo fabric/clothing is to trace it back to the manufacturing process. Who has the time and connections to do that? We would have to ask the company providing the end product and rely on them to give us the truth.

You are right though, we are in the baby stages with Bamboo, hemp is a wonderful alternative, if only it wasn’t so badly associated with Marijuana (it is a completely different plant and the 2 can NOT be grown together). Fear of something is easy to gain, Fear of the same thing is quite hard to lose.

Hyla
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