Is Bamboo Efficient at Capturing CO2?
Bamboo has become more and more popular in recent years, not only for its sustainability, versatility and durability, but also for its environmental benefits.
One of the biggest environmental benefits of bamboo is its ability to absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. A mature grove of bamboo, according to numerous experts, can generate 30 to 35 percent more oxygen than an equal area of forest. To produce this oxygen, the bamboo draws carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The plant then stores much of that carbon in its roots and biomass. This is probably bamboo’s greatest contribution in the battle against global warming.
Why is bamboo so good at carbon sequestration?
The fast growth rate is one of the greatest virtues. Bamboo is not even a wood itself: it comes from a sub-family of grasses. It creates all the cells it need to grow when it is still little buds. The cells are filled with water and causes them to expand quickly, like a balloon on a faucet. So it can grow at the rate of up to 1.2 meters a day. This is common for grasses, and it’s why you need to mow your lawn every week. But only trim back bushes every few months, and cut tree branches every couple of years.
Bamboo is regarded as one of the fastest growing plants, it takes only three-five years to establish mature groves. Once mature, bamboo poles can be selectively harvested every year. Compared to 30 or 40 years for a hard wood tree, the high yield makes bamboo a surprisingly effective carbon sink and important nature-based approach to mitigating global warming.
Besides the carbon sequestration of living bamboo, industrial bamboo products like decking, cladding, flooring and beams are carbon storage as well, they have a low or even negative eco-cost, and are better for the environment than emissions-intensive materials, including plastics, cements and steel.
Fujian Golden bamboo Industry Co. Ltd. is one of the few factories that use the most mature production line with the most advanced technology to produce such kind of green material. REBO is the high end brand of it that dedicated to develop and produce innovative strand woven bamboo products, include outdoor bamboo decking, wall cladding, indoor flooring, bamboo furniture and all kinds of bamboo planks. The bamboo board is made of natural moso bamboo fibers, through carbonization process and 2700 tons hot pressing to alter hardness, dimensional stability and durability to a level superior to the best tropical hardwood species. These durable products are “critical” to realizing bamboo’s carbon storage potential. Check the website www.fjgoldenbamboo.com or www.rebobamboo.com to discover more details about the engineer bamboo product.
As one of the most renewable resources on the planet, bamboo can help the worldwide greenhouse gas emissions in two ways: through its forests, which act as giant carbon sinks, and its durable products, which have a small carbon footprint or can even be carbon negative.
Future needs bamboo, make it happen.