Most bamboo for textiles is polymerized into viscose, isn’t it? I don’t really have the background to understand exactly what that means, but I was under the impression that it is in essence then rayon made from a different base material. If anyone has an ELI5 answer, I’d appreciate it!
My understanding was the fibers can also be broken down as raw fiber like with paper and drawn into thread as well. I should have stated raw bamboo I’ll edit my post thanks for the correction
Gotcha. I do have a few bamboo derived items, but I believe they are all rayon fabrics. It feels like another thing that has been greenwashed. I’m not sure if harvesting bamboo for stock is better than wood or any other source of cellulose, but it’s discouraging to know that what does break down is just as bad as plastic.
(I got a laugh from your autocorrect before you fixed it too! 😜 )
Most bamboo for textiles is polymerized into viscose, isn’t it? I don’t really have the background to understand exactly what that means, but I was under the impression that it is in essence then rayon made from a different base material. If anyone has an ELI5 answer, I’d appreciate it!
My understanding was the fibers can also be broken down as raw fiber like with paper and drawn into thread as well. I should have stated raw bamboo I’ll edit my post thanks for the correction
Gotcha. I do have a few bamboo derived items, but I believe they are all rayon fabrics. It feels like another thing that has been greenwashed. I’m not sure if harvesting bamboo for stock is better than wood or any other source of cellulose, but it’s discouraging to know that what does break down is just as bad as plastic.
(I got a laugh from your autocorrect before you fixed it too! 😜 )
Hahahahha under where?
But yeah, green washing is a real barrier to having positive change for our world as a whole.