| We are not quite sure what those blue and white | | | | So, getting back to the point, sometime around |
| disposable cloths are made out of but one thing | | | | the turn of the millennium, some clever people in |
| is sure, they are not bio-degradable. | | | | China sat down together and decided to try |
| Bamboo Textiles Ltd can say in all truth that our | | | | turning bamboo into a fibre. Cotton, they rightly |
| environmentally friendly wipes and cleaning cloths | | | | presumed, had had its day. Cotton requires vast |
| are made from 100% bamboo therefore will go | | | | amounts of pesticide, fertiliser, irrigated water and |
| back to being soil in about 18 months. | | | | labour, even the organic stuff is water intensive. |
| We are horrified by the volume of blue and white | | | | It uses around 20% of the world’s |
| cloths clogging up Mother Earth. | | | | insecticides and 10% of the pesticides. It takes |
| Our bamboo organic dishcloths and | | | | roughly one-third of a pound of chemicals |
| biodegradable Multi Purpose cloths are here, now, | | | | (pesticides and fertilizers) to grow enough cotton |
| waiting for those intelligent people who understand | | | | for just one T-shirt. Not so with bamboo. It |
| how much damage is being caused by synthetic | | | | simply made sense. And lucky for us, in 2002 |
| disposable cloths. | | | | they succeeded in making a viable yarn out of |
| These biodegradable cleaning cloths are naturally | | | | bamboo fibre. |
| anti bacterial and 30% more absorbent than their | | | | This is almost as much of an evolutionary and |
| cotton equivalents. | | | | ecological leap forward as harnessing solar power, |
| Why Bamboo | | | | or wind power. Cotton is lightweight, breathable, |
| Quite simply bamboo textiles are good for our | | | | cheap, takes dyes well, dries quickly – you |
| skin and good for the planet too. | | | | name it, how could anything else be better than |
| The technical bit... | | | | cotton? Well, bamboo is better than cotton. Yes, |
| It’s not that technical really, it just makes | | | | bamboo beats cotton on every count. Bamboo is |
| sense when you know the facts! No wonder | | | | more breathable than cotton, it’s more |
| bamboo textiles and fabric is becoming recognised | | | | absorbent than cotton but it dries as quickly, |
| as the wonder fibre of the new millennium. | | | | it’s naturally antibacterial, it’s softer to |
| Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants on | | | | the touch yet it is more durable than cotton, and |
| the planet with some species growing at a rate of | | | | it’s much more ecologically sustainable than |
| 3 feet per day. It requires no chemicals or | | | | cotton. It’s wonderful and we love it. We |
| assistance to grow, in fact it's a weed! | | | | hope you do too. |