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.
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.🎍
It is technically a different species though, it's american cane and native to the southeast. It's also endangered, believe it or not with how fast it grows. Besides basket making I didn't come across any industrial uses, so maybe it's not as useful for paper products?
@qwaszx3561 it would be awesome if he truly is talking about river cane forests but more likely than not these are just forests of invasive bamboo which can be very damaging to the local ecosystem. Regardless it is good to be able to tell the difference and if anyone on the east coast wants a huge gardening project replacing your golden bamboo with river cane is great for the local ecosystem.
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.
If the math adds up, governments can start giving incentives to built up a bamboo economy. Start off with tax incentives or grants to make it directly competitive with products it can replace then let the market try to scale and overcome the efficiency hurdles, then walk back the subsidies. The question would be if the viability calculations actually add up
@@dogman-on1oc that's very surface level, how does the chemicals make it worse for the environment ? Which chemicals are being used, is it some heavy metals? Or just bleach to whiten the paper? What kinds of processes are bad? Does it require some extreme heat like melting rocks to make house insulation..? I doubt it. Chemical processes are always the least scalable and costly parts so its important to know what kinds of problems are being solved chemically... The next question is.. how important is bamboo paper to the bamboo economy
Ooooo. I sense a "subsidy" to "enable small producers to compete" all using middle class tax money thus enriching inner city wokie liberals on city councils.
Get a bidet. They sell for like $60 on Amazon, are easily installed, and honestly I rate it as a top 3 purchase in my life (and I’m 45). If you’re still letting paper do that job, you’re basically living in 3rd world conditions. I use maybe 1 roll every 2 months, if that.
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.:)
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
Plastics replaced metal and wood so the products could be made by unskilled and/or women workers cheaply enough to drive the older products out of the market. In this case, they are replacing workers in our countries with workers in their countries.
C4 plants are actually vastly superior in warmer climates, especially as climate change reduces available water. Sugarcane is probably the best example of one of these that is severely underutilised, but corn is also a C4
@BabyGirlDontEvenPlay hmm my non-working limbs are replaced by metal & rubber. I use a wheelchair rather than prosthetic, but guy I know with a prosthetic hand actually has a plastic one for cosmetic purposes & a metal hook one that he uses when he wants something practical. Natural latex rubber is the primary component in where prosthetics connects to limbs in most cases, NOT petrochemicals! Probably best not to use disabled people to try to make a point that has nothing to do with disabilities. That comes into the category of ableism to do that. We're not toys to be used by someone with no understanding of what disabilities involve, we're real people. Try giving an example of something that ACTUALLY affects you, not something that implies people are hurting society's vulnerable cause you think you will impress people more than reality if you take advantage of & use vulnerable people
Our straws have a temperature resistance from -20 degrees celsius to boiling. Although I suppose you can't drink solid ice or scalding water... But they will stay rigid for a very long time. And no, they can't give you splinters whatsoever.
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
yes, but that requires significant changes to human behavior, something which can't be done easily. Alternatives like bamboo allows people to not change significantly but harm the planet less. On the other hand, people who uses reusable lunch boxes can continue to promote it slowly. Both are essential
Yes and everyone will save the world by bringing their own cup - how’s that one working? I agree and try to do my part but it’s great to have safe biodegradable intermediates! Depending on where you live it may be more sustainable than washing things, which is crazy to say
It's not so straightforward. Reusable things have to be washed and the detergents leech into the environment. Bamboo can also effectively sequester carbon. Obviously both have downsides and upsides but it's not as simple as it may seem on face value.
3:21 “Lastic has about 30 different formulas which can take nearly any shape including straws.” Well, probably straws made from bamboo are better than those made from paper and definitely better for the environment than those made from plastic. That said, at home I use a straw made from *glass* which is easy to clean, feels great (almost elegant), and _never_ has to be replaced.
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.
people will never realize. industrialization allows the human population to grow to environmentally toxic numbers. we should not have industries this large. It ruins our environment. We should be using items made locally, not shipped from across the world because it is cheaper. We would get to work close to home again, and specialize in creating products that actually make an impact on local community, instead of slaving at a desk doing busy work.
A recently discovered organelle that has a similar function to chloroplasts except it deals with nitrogen fixation they're calling them nitrobplasts and they may very well hold the key to eliminating the need for fertilizer and that's just even less pollution because fertilizers are no good for the environment either
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
This is why I call millions of acres of ethanol corn in the American Midwest an environmental tragedy. Converting those acres to hemp would give our economy so much more. Every state in America needs to develop hemp processing facilities. Seeds for oil & protein. The waste of seed cakes can go into livestock feed. Go up to your local Agricultural school, like Michigan State U or I think Iowa has a farm college. Iowa really needs help reducing their corn habit! Vote, eat and wear hemp!
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.
it's like wooden pallets are still the most used pallets . every attempt at plastic or some other material for pallets has failed because pallets get so much abuse from fork trucks that they have a short life . and wood is still the least expensive option. plus many people use the waste pallets for firewood. so bamboo in places in asia is the cheapest option vs metal scaffolding.
I use a bidet at home. Plus a bucket of towels. I wash those towels every week. So it works towards one of my laundry cycles. They don’t take an extra load tho.
the bio-adhesive is probably Methyl Cellulose if i were to take a guess, i use it as a glue in some art like book binding and as an ink modifier. methyl cellulose is a natural DERIVATIVE from plants though, but you gotta methylate cellulose with methyl chloride. which also comes from burning plants lol. chemistry is cool.
Hi! I'm Luke from the video. The bio-adhesive we use is actually Polybutylene succinate (PBS). It's a biodegradable plastic that decomposes into water and carbon dioxide with the microorganism under the soil.
I recently ordered bamboo toilet paper and tissue paper and was wondering if it was any good for the environment. Good to know it is somewhat sustainable and better than the regular ones😊
Yes it can. So can hemp. And yes they should, for certain uses. After the primary use, they can become fuel, and therefore power and biochar, soil amendment, paper products, crude fiber, reinforcement for gypsum cement and hempcrete. No only multi use, multi sequential use.
@@mehere8038 when i think of the advances in polymer creation, which means adhesives and composite materials, from biosources, i'm convinced that we can in fact become much more sustainable.
@@colleenuchiyama4916 Likely plasticized by water-glycerol/water-glycerol-sorbitol mixture in a separate process to create thermoplastic starch and made water-resistant by some crosslinker during final processing
The reason it's not recycled it's because making new plastic is easier and a byproduct of the fuel industry which Believe it or not causes much less pollution than the EV industry
Forest in Canada is being cut for the USA export market via the soft wood timber agreement, tissue comes from the small trees are none saw logs. If anyone wants to reduce the logging in Canada, the US needs to manage their forest more efficiently.
America could do a lot of thigs more efficiently. Fiber from bamboo & hemp could replace a lot of timber products. But mass timber for buildings can sustain timber, if the American & Canadian govs can come together and support loggers & small mills instead of trying to bulk subsidize.
@@Nphen I like the Cross Laminated Lumber Market, a plant could literally make all the panels for a custom house as a flat pack, IKEA Style. All the pieces could ship together in a shipping container, Design house packs for a house that can ship as a single container.
Lastic's innovative approach to combining bamboo with bioadhesives is a significant step forward in sustainable manufacturing. Their commitment to certifications that ensure biodegradability sets a commendable standard for eco-friendly products in the market. 🌱
Don't forget, in Asia, bamboo 🎍 🌿 leaf have been used to wrap food for cooking since the Sung dynasty. Sweet rice wraps into pyramid shaped and steamed it 😋 Asian rural communities used bamboo to build stilt houses, the air flowing is suitable for the sub tropical climate
in my country in southeast asia, we use banana leaves instead and we do wrap it too in pyramid shape, like machang, tho machang is chinese food in my country
@@leapdrive im actually chinese from my country in southeast asia. i just ate some food yesterday that had bamboo shoots in them, but normally our machang uses banana leaves for wrapping instead of bamboo leaves cuz for some reason, banana trees are more abundant in my country probably due to mass cultivation of banana instead of bamboo, tho bamboo is sometimes used for boats and modern house and resort garden wall decoration
I'm ALL for using more bamboo and hemp, ASAP!! I have switched only using bamboo tooth brushes, towels and washcloths and as many bamboo clothes as I can, and hope we all do the same.
I have never met a liberal who actually understands the basic science of planting trees to get rid of carbon in the atmosphere. Just sit outside on a warm day around 12pm with the sun shining, in a grove of trees. Inhale the pure oxygen and wonder why you feel so good.
I saw Bamboo Growing in my Village but I was thinking that it can be only use in Construction but today I Learned about the True Power of Bamboo Trees, Hope Bamboo Replace Plastic, Because Decompose of Bamboo without Side Effect is Magnificent.
We've actually got a very nice looking bottle! It can be used for a few months, then of course it will start to break down. Unfortunately we can't make our material clear, and it does cost more than a single use plastic bottle. (I'm Luke from the video)
@@LukeAnderson-n8z well, i appreciate your answer and that you took time to respond to my message, as i have said, bamboo is promising, maybe in 5-10 years we will have reached the potential but of course you have to convince politicians and Gouvernements first, or you must bring down the cost of producing a bamboo bottle, then they will find you, but this seems very unlikely Soo yeah How much more does it cost to produce a bottle of bamboo, the durability of a bamboo bottle should be increased within the next 5-10 years, you will do it, you will find a solution for that, don't worry
@@LukeAnderson-n8z i believe that you will find a solution to make the bamboo bottle more durable in a few years. Great idea But if you find a way to make as cheap as plastic bottles, coca cola and pepsi will make you a rich man How much more does it cost to produce a bamboo bottle compared with a plastic bottle?
@@harris998 For our reusable 600ML bottle, it's just over $1.00 to make. We're always working very hard on being able to make the bottle walls thinner, while still being able to function as it should.
Incredible, bamboo and hemp r very underrated crops and should be used to revitalize multiple market sectors including packaging and reverse damage done by plastic and tree pulp paper. It's a shame world instead relies on toxic and harmful materials which cause lots of environmental damage and have clear negative heath impact. Thx BI for another excellent inspiring vid!👏
Hemp could be made into everything from paper, to clothing, to concrete. It grows much quicker than trees, removes impurities from the soil while replenishing it, etc. There's so many things that hemp could replace, which is why they won't allow it to be grown on a large scale
I noticed a package of Charmin toilet paper had a sticker on it indicating it was safe for septic systems. I live in a rural area and have a septic tank, so I look for that designation when I buy TP (currently Scott Tissue). If bamboo TP was septic system safe, I'd happily give it a try.
So they called it Lastic when bamboo plastic could be BLASTic. Seems easier to work with for marketing. Could even stand for something like Bamboo Long-term Adhesive and Salt Tethered referring to the ingredients that make the product both unique and possible.
Finally there are those who produce with materials that do not damage the environment. Bamboo is an extraordinary plant, it is suitable for multiple uses. This work of yours is a benefit for the environment but also for humanity. I hope that all countries in the world buy your products. I believe that for the good of this mother earth every state must examine its conscience... "not be corrupted by multinationals who have poisoned hands and have no social mercy." I would give you the Nobel for this ingenious eco-sustainable work of yours.”👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🌏🙏🕉️❤️
They should try to approach greenhouses and nurseries. Their containers would be great to swap out their plastic use and cut down on a lot of consumer end waste too!
I came across a big patch of bamboo stalks growing in my old neighborhood in Massachusetts right behind where my old house used to be. It was about 100 yards long and about 20 yards deep of bamboo. They are thinner but still 10-20' tall and in different colors. Some are black, yellow and brown some are green. Perfect fishing pole thickness. I was going to chop a few down but I guess you need to boil it then dry it so it won't attract bugs.
All bamboo is a sustainable resource. That S#!t grows like crazy. My questions are: 1. Will bamboo grow slower and slower over time from being harvested over and over? 2. If you were to compost 1% of the harvested bamboo and lightly fertilize the areas recently harvested, would the bamboo grow even faster or prevent weakening over the years from excessive harvesting?
My neighbor has bamboo growing all the way up to her fence-line. Of course, that means it is constantly crossing over into my yard, and EVERY fricking few days I have to go out and kill the sprouts that pop up on my side. Damn that stuff grows fast.
"Unlike trees, bamboo can actually regrow from its roots." - 6:57 Trees can also regrow from a stump. This has been used since ancient times in a process known as "coppicing". This strength isn't unique to bamboo.
Ive been using bamboo toliet paper and paper towels for a few years now. The ones i get are not as strong as the named brand paper ones but they get the job done. I use use a lot of cloth napkins and europen dish clothes so cut down on the bamboo paper towers.
As a plastic injection molding engineer. I looked it how much bamboo pellets cost, and it's about double the cost of traditional plastic per a ton. Interesting.
I grew up around a lot of bamboo in Florida and later I was in Costa Rica for 9 years and I saw way more there. I saw the biggest species there, it's from Asia but I know where to see it in CR. It's huge, easily a foot across. They have a lot of varieties of bamboo there from around the world. I used it around my house and learned to make it bug proof by injecting diesel in the hollow parts.
I wish the West would explore using bamboo in construction. I know that engineers studied it about a decade ago to lay the groundwork for writing building standards, but never heard anything more about it.
The building lobby is so powerful in most badly run cities. American building codes and practices are about 50 years behind the times. We're still using techniques used 100 years ago, and just try getting a solar panel, geothermal plant, and the best? Septic systems! The inner city makes so much money forcing everyone to use THEIR controlled and expensive resources. It's all about control and money as usual. Just try building a ram earth building in a liberal city. You'll be jailed.
Industrial hemp is another fantastic option to replace plastics, paper, and textiles/clothing. It grows as fast or faster than bamboo, it can grow in more areas, and has one of nature's highest fiber count, which means it's very versatile. The use of industrial hemp was so effective 150 years + ago it helped build European colonial powers thanks to the ability to make rope, which is obvi really important for sailing ships. I strongly believe that industrial hemp can be one of the easiest and most cost effective substitution of plastic and paper.
It's either you mixed bamboo with abaca fiber of the Philippines which is much sturdier for bag or abaca alone could be the good replacement for plastic bags but, the problem only a few plant abaca.
In Romania, the cheapest toilet paper is made from recycled paper. Back in the day, you could occasionally see letters or even fragments of words in it from the original paper. It has a grey colour and feels a bit like sandpaper, so it isn't exactly popular with anyone who can afford better.
Sounds good, but there are better solutions still. Why aren't we using much more crop waste? We only eat around 1-2% of the plant from most crops, the rest is waste, why aren't we using that as the raw materials? We are starting to use the waste from crops like sugarcane, but we could do a LOT more with crop waste!
10:55 Indian flag is upside down.. may be in other countries it doesn't matter, but in India it is disrespectful. At the end no one wants their videos banned for negligence unless its intended.
I actually took a class on the sustainability of bamboo! And I thought it would be good to bring up that with the CO2 emissions, most of it is from using coal and fuel during baking/drying/curing the bamboo and transportation. Which most can be improved as mechanical engineering becomes specialized in bamboo production (there are not many options currently available) and bamboo becomes more available.
What did the class have on controlling the spread on bomboo, im a part time landscaper and I see it as a guaranteed way to make neighbors disliked one another.
@@John_K137there are two types of bamboo rhizomes! There are runners and clumpers. Avoid running species as their rhizomes can branch out and grow very aggressively, so I would recommend clumping bamboo species as they are more manageable, and as the rhyzomes only grow within 20in under the soil, allowing for preventative measures
I used to live at my grandmothers house so she had me cut them down. They'd grow along side the back fence and would grow taller than that fence. She handed me a machete and said to have fun. I had "fun" every other 2 weeks because it was just as tall as when i had previously cut it by then🙃.
A good alternative to plastic sounds great, most people don’t know that plastic with the ♻️, don’t get recycled cause they are too expensive or difficult to do
As soon as they were available I have been buying bamboo tp. But also buy disposable/washable and reusable bamboo cutlery and food containers and cooking implements like cutting boards and rice cookers. Packaging from bamboo is fantastic to sell food in. It is biodegradable and one day it can seriously decrease the methane in landfills which we honestly need to turn into well controlled composting centers that don’t spontaneously ignite like our trash now does.
guys install a jet spray (hand-shower) in your restrooms and/or bathrooms. It's more hygienic, more efficient and consumes less water overall (tissue paper requires water in its manufacturing process).
Bamboo is the tallest Grass & it grows like grass fast , its the crucial element needed to balance the oxygen n carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere , truly a miracle Grass .
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.
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Nature is fascinating.
Ohh yes
Just get reusable chopsticks
But its a saisonal thing, i heared. Dont know.. 3 month per year?
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.🎍
you have never seen sawdust and there's no "larger fiber" it's goo with some bamboo dust. Wood is wood.
Good to know. I don't think I ever have used it
@@friendlycommentwolf Except bamboo isn't wood, it is a type of grass
@@IkajoIts still wood but from a grass. Wood evolved multiple times independently from multiple lineages of plants.
@@friendlycommentwolfbamboo aren't trees so they don't even have Wood
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.
It is technically a different species though, it's american cane and native to the southeast. It's also endangered, believe it or not with how fast it grows. Besides basket making I didn't come across any industrial uses, so maybe it's not as useful for paper products?
@@qwaszx3561 because of the loss of these native US bamboo the Carolina parakeet went extinct. The bird looked like a parrot.
@qwaszx3561 it would be awesome if he truly is talking about river cane forests but more likely than not these are just forests of invasive bamboo which can be very damaging to the local ecosystem. Regardless it is good to be able to tell the difference and if anyone on the east coast wants a huge gardening project replacing your golden bamboo with river cane is great for the local ecosystem.
@@qwaszx3561 "Besides basket making I didn't come across any industrial uses," Flooring and even clothing can be made from it.
I live in NC and all the bamboo I come across was not planted but invasive. I find it on alot of waterways.
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.
If the math adds up, governments can start giving incentives to built up a bamboo economy. Start off with tax incentives or grants to make it directly competitive with products it can replace then let the market try to scale and overcome the efficiency hurdles, then walk back the subsidies.
The question would be if the viability calculations actually add up
bamboo paper and cloth is ultra processed. The chemicals and energy used in these processes are just as bad as plastic production.
@@dogman-on1oc that's very surface level, how does the chemicals make it worse for the environment ?
Which chemicals are being used, is it some heavy metals? Or just bleach to whiten the paper? What kinds of processes are bad? Does it require some extreme heat like melting rocks to make house insulation..? I doubt it.
Chemical processes are always the least scalable and costly parts so its important to know what kinds of problems are being solved chemically... The next question is.. how important is bamboo paper to the bamboo economy
Ooooo. I sense a "subsidy" to "enable small producers to compete" all using middle class tax money thus enriching inner city wokie liberals on city councils.
Get a bidet. They sell for like $60 on Amazon, are easily installed, and honestly I rate it as a top 3 purchase in my life (and I’m 45).
If you’re still letting paper do that job, you’re basically living in 3rd world conditions.
I use maybe 1 roll every 2 months, if that.
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.:)
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
Plastics replaced metal and wood so the products could be made by unskilled and/or women workers cheaply enough to drive the older products out of the market. In this case, they are replacing workers in our countries with workers in their countries.
Well we can also make algae plastics, since a lot of oil is from compressed ancient algae.
C4 plants are actually vastly superior in warmer climates, especially as climate change reduces available water. Sugarcane is probably the best example of one of these that is severely underutilised, but corn is also a C4
Like the oil and plastic industry. Don’t understand all the oil hate.
@BabyGirlDontEvenPlay hmm my non-working limbs are replaced by metal & rubber. I use a wheelchair rather than prosthetic, but guy I know with a prosthetic hand actually has a plastic one for cosmetic purposes & a metal hook one that he uses when he wants something practical. Natural latex rubber is the primary component in where prosthetics connects to limbs in most cases, NOT petrochemicals!
Probably best not to use disabled people to try to make a point that has nothing to do with disabilities. That comes into the category of ableism to do that. We're not toys to be used by someone with no understanding of what disabilities involve, we're real people. Try giving an example of something that ACTUALLY affects you, not something that implies people are hurting society's vulnerable cause you think you will impress people more than reality if you take advantage of & use vulnerable people
Bamboo chairs cups utensils, would totally be better than plastic
If it doesnt dissolve after a few sips on the straw (consuming a mcdo shake) then i say use it
Splinters on your lips
It actually doesn't tried one a few days ago and it just felt like a plastic straw
why do you have to use a straw, or why cant you get a stainless steel one
Our straws have a temperature resistance from -20 degrees celsius to boiling. Although I suppose you can't drink solid ice or scalding water... But they will stay rigid for a very long time. And no, they can't give you splinters whatsoever.
@@einsam_aber_frei No splinters.
Bamboo fabric is wonderful: sheets, linen, curtains, etc.
ive heard about bamboo yarn for crochet and knitting before and i want to look into it tbh!!
I have bamboo pillows, highly recommend
No. I read the end product no better than polyester and as environmentally unfriendly.
Bamboo fabric is soft but inexpensive. Nothing is environmentally friendly when 7.5 billion people need it.
bamboo paper and cloth is ultra processed. The chemicals and energy used in these processes are just as bad as plastic production.
Yes it should be used as a plastic replacement! Same with hemp
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
This is the best option.
yes, but that requires significant changes to human behavior, something which can't be done easily. Alternatives like bamboo allows people to not change significantly but harm the planet less. On the other hand, people who uses reusable lunch boxes can continue to promote it slowly. Both are essential
Yes and everyone will save the world by bringing their own cup - how’s that one working? I agree and try to do my part but it’s great to have safe biodegradable intermediates! Depending on where you live it may be more sustainable than washing things, which is crazy to say
That's impractical in so many scenarios
It's not so straightforward. Reusable things have to be washed and the detergents leech into the environment. Bamboo can also effectively sequester carbon. Obviously both have downsides and upsides but it's not as simple as it may seem on face value.
3:21 “Lastic has about 30 different formulas which can take nearly any shape including straws.”
Well, probably straws made from bamboo are better than those made from paper and definitely better for the environment than those made from plastic. That said, at home I use a straw made from *glass* which is easy to clean, feels great (almost elegant), and _never_ has to be replaced.
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.
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.
people will never realize. industrialization allows the human population to grow to environmentally toxic numbers. we should not have industries this large. It ruins our environment. We should be using items made locally, not shipped from across the world because it is cheaper. We would get to work close to home again, and specialize in creating products that actually make an impact on local community, instead of slaving at a desk doing busy work.
A recently discovered organelle that has a similar function to chloroplasts except it deals with nitrogen fixation they're calling them nitrobplasts and they may very well hold the key to eliminating the need for fertilizer and that's just even less pollution because fertilizers are no good for the environment either
Sensible rotation would be good... plant Moringa 2 years, Bamboo 2 yrs, 2 yrs rest (?)
@@7hilladelphiaor genetic engineering to maje it grow faster while making it need less nutrients to do so.
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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
This is why I call millions of acres of ethanol corn in the American Midwest an environmental tragedy. Converting those acres to hemp would give our economy so much more. Every state in America needs to develop hemp processing facilities. Seeds for oil & protein. The waste of seed cakes can go into livestock feed. Go up to your local Agricultural school, like Michigan State U or I think Iowa has a farm college. Iowa really needs help reducing their corn habit! Vote, eat and wear hemp!
is hemp black?
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.
I saw it being used in Tokyo. Blew my mind.
I've seen it in various films/documentaries, and was always fascinated by it.
it's like wooden pallets are still the most used pallets . every attempt at plastic or some other material for pallets has failed because pallets get so much abuse from fork trucks that they have a short life . and wood is still the least expensive option. plus many people use the waste pallets for firewood.
so bamboo in places in asia is the cheapest option vs metal scaffolding.
@@davidhudson7880every jackie chan movie ever. Lol
some construction in the philippines use hollow metal poles
Bamboo and Coconut trees are some of the greatest trees there is.
I think bamboo is a type of grass
@@padi129yes bamboo is grass from chernobyl😂
banana tree as well. You can use every part of it.
Used to be, until many asian countries now have coconut deserts where all the rain forest has been hacked down for mono culture.
this is one of the most comprehensive and holistic videos about sustainability I've seen. give this producer more work!
This is really good. I hope this gets spread more until it replaces plastic in a few generations
This^
Killing trees ?
Deforestatión to harvest more bamboo to be used to more people 🤷🏾♂️...
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@@nistaffsubs6787 replant. Dont cut down other trees only bamboo is what i am trying to say and make plastic less used.
@@nistaffsubs6787 Bamboo grows SO fast and regrows from its own roots without replanting.
@@nistaffsubs6787Bamboo is basically a weed. Some species of bamboo grows over 2ft per day. It’s a non issue.
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.
Me too
We can! We're making some headway there. (I'm Luke from the video)
Buy a bidet no more paper
You can already buy bamboo toilet paper in Europe.
I use a bidet at home. Plus a bucket of towels. I wash those towels every week. So it works towards one of my laundry cycles. They don’t take an extra load tho.
Using a bidet to wash your ass with water is even more sustainable than using recycled toilet paper.
You still need some to dry off. You use alot less but u still need some.
probably
After cleaning ass with spray you wear underwear@@liamc8085
And your shit gets splashed all over the place 😂
Japanese toilets have this automatic wash and dry function
the bio-adhesive is probably Methyl Cellulose if i were to take a guess, i use it as a glue in some art like book binding and as an ink modifier. methyl cellulose is a natural DERIVATIVE from plants though, but you gotta methylate cellulose with methyl chloride. which also comes from burning plants lol. chemistry is cool.
Hi! I'm Luke from the video. The bio-adhesive we use is actually Polybutylene succinate (PBS). It's a biodegradable plastic that decomposes into water and carbon dioxide with the microorganism under the soil.
@@LukeAnderson-n8z You guys should have named your company Grasstic since you use bamboo.
I recently ordered bamboo toilet paper and tissue paper and was wondering if it was any good for the environment. Good to know it is somewhat sustainable and better than the regular ones😊
Yes it can. So can hemp. And yes they should, for certain uses. After the primary use, they can become fuel, and therefore power and biochar, soil amendment, paper products, crude fiber, reinforcement for gypsum cement and hempcrete. No only multi use, multi sequential use.
much better to just use crop waste don't you think?
@@mehere8038 when i think of the advances in polymer creation, which means adhesives and composite materials, from biosources, i'm convinced that we can in fact become much more sustainable.
"Bioadhesive from plants" so a resin?
I’d assume so.
Or possibly a starch.
@@colleenuchiyama4916 Likely plasticized by water-glycerol/water-glycerol-sorbitol mixture in a separate process to create thermoplastic starch and made water-resistant by some crosslinker during final processing
Yes, it's a resin from plants. It's bio based PBS, aka Polybutylene succinate which is made by Mitsubishi Chemical.
I'm Luke from the video.
Based. It's very difficult to get away from plastic. I would love expanded recycling programs like those in west europe.
From what I've read recently, plastic recycling is very ineffective
The reason it's not recycled it's because making new plastic is easier and a byproduct of the fuel industry which Believe it or not causes much less pollution than the EV industry
Jeeze, who's paying you guys to where you feel like non ironically opposing recycling in the 21st century. Actual brain death going on.
I love Bamboo. Didn't know you could use it as a plastic alternative. Great stuff! Get you straws here MCDONALD'S! 😅
Don't forget bamboo sheets! I just got a new set and WOW, they are exquisite. Very soft
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I have some clothes made out of bamboo, it's up there with cotton for the nicest feeling material.
You never heard of coppicing? Many tree species can regrow after being cut down if cut in winter, unlike what you said at ~7:00, it's not just bamboo
The big companies should lead the way to being environmentally friendly!
Good luck with that...
BE the change you want to see is all I can say
good one, that’s really gonna work out well 😂
10:54 just a note you placed the Indian Flag upside down hope you will fix it soon. Thanks
Edit :- Love from India
Maybe they're indicating that India is in crisis😂
Glad that someone else noticed it before I did. I've emailed the editors, but I'm unsure if they can correct it now.
I am a advocate for bamboo products for a long time and to replace tree farming to bamboo farming
So vast profiteering monocultures in China rather than say Canada.
I have had bamboos socks for years and they are still going. Not a hole in sight! Also have a cup made from bamboo. Really nice to drink from!
Forest in Canada is being cut for the USA export market via the soft wood timber agreement, tissue comes from the small trees are none saw logs. If anyone wants to reduce the logging in Canada, the US needs to manage their forest more efficiently.
America could do a lot of thigs more efficiently. Fiber from bamboo & hemp could replace a lot of timber products. But mass timber for buildings can sustain timber, if the American & Canadian govs can come together and support loggers & small mills instead of trying to bulk subsidize.
@@Nphen I like the Cross Laminated Lumber Market, a plant could literally make all the panels for a custom house as a flat pack, IKEA Style. All the pieces could ship together in a shipping container, Design house packs for a house that can ship as a single container.
Incredible. The world needs to move in this direction FAST because the planet is suffering so much. I have new hope in humanity.
Lastic's innovative approach to combining bamboo with bioadhesives is a significant step forward in sustainable manufacturing. Their commitment to certifications that ensure biodegradability sets a commendable standard for eco-friendly products in the market. 🌱
Thanks chatgpt
@@KingMertel Cheers man!
the little custom video recordings as illustrations are adorable
Don't forget, in Asia, bamboo 🎍 🌿 leaf have been used to wrap food for cooking since the Sung dynasty. Sweet rice wraps into pyramid shaped and steamed it 😋
Asian rural communities used bamboo to build stilt houses, the air flowing is suitable for the sub tropical climate
Try using banana leaves for wrapping foods. Using bamboo leaves since the Sung Dynasty is not too impressive.
in my country in southeast asia, we use banana leaves instead and we do wrap it too in pyramid shape, like machang, tho machang is chinese food in my country
@@xXxSkyViperxXx , if you ever wondered why Chinese look cringed all the time, it’s because they eat food wrapped by bamboo leaves.
@@leapdrive im actually chinese from my country in southeast asia. i just ate some food yesterday that had bamboo shoots in them, but normally our machang uses banana leaves for wrapping instead of bamboo leaves cuz for some reason, banana trees are more abundant in my country probably due to mass cultivation of banana instead of bamboo, tho bamboo is sometimes used for boats and modern house and resort garden wall decoration
@@xXxSkyViperxXx , I wasn’t questioning your comment.
I'm ALL for using more bamboo and hemp, ASAP!! I have switched only using bamboo tooth brushes, towels and washcloths and as many bamboo clothes as I can, and hope we all do the same.
Bamboo also absorb CO2 from air so the real Carbon footprint may lower than others
I have never met a liberal who actually understands the basic science of planting trees to get rid of carbon in the atmosphere.
Just sit outside on a warm day around 12pm with the sun shining, in a grove of trees. Inhale the pure oxygen and wonder why you feel so good.
I saw Bamboo Growing in my Village but I was thinking that it can be only use in Construction but today I Learned about the True Power of Bamboo Trees, Hope Bamboo Replace Plastic, Because Decompose of Bamboo without Side Effect is Magnificent.
now that ive seen them extrude filament, i can't help but want some for my 3d printer :O
i'd love to see this product in the maker space
Our material works for your 3D printer! (I'm Luke from the video)
Fantastic, a good environment friendly option. And a good terminology "Planet Friendly".
The video gives hope that bamboo has potential. How much does it cost to to produce a bottle compared with a plastic bottle
We've actually got a very nice looking bottle! It can be used for a few months, then of course it will start to break down. Unfortunately we can't make our material clear, and it does cost more than a single use plastic bottle. (I'm Luke from the video)
@@LukeAnderson-n8z well, i appreciate your answer and that you took time to respond to my message, as i have said, bamboo is promising, maybe in 5-10 years we will have reached the potential but of course you have to convince politicians and Gouvernements first, or you must bring down the cost of producing a bamboo bottle, then they will find you, but this seems very unlikely
Soo yeah
How much more does it cost to produce a bottle of bamboo, the durability of a bamboo bottle should be increased within the next 5-10 years, you will do it, you will find a solution for that, don't worry
Why is my comment deleted?
@@LukeAnderson-n8z i believe that you will find a solution to make the bamboo bottle more durable in a few years. Great idea
But if you find a way to make as cheap as plastic bottles, coca cola and pepsi will make you a rich man
How much more does it cost to produce a bamboo bottle compared with a plastic bottle?
@@harris998 For our reusable 600ML bottle, it's just over $1.00 to make. We're always working very hard on being able to make the bottle walls thinner, while still being able to function as it should.
I play summer sports, our jerseys are made with bamboo combo. They're great, breathable, keeps us cool on hot days
Replacing paper and plastic with bamboo so can you write on bamboo and pack food in bamboo
2:08 I'm guessing something can be done with the nodes? Perhaps even used by this plastic substitute company?
These bamboo spoons are usually 20% actual bamboo content. Up to 75% is the bioadhesive (plastic). But still better than nothing.
Incredible, bamboo and hemp r very underrated crops and should be used to revitalize multiple market sectors including packaging and reverse damage done by plastic and tree pulp paper. It's a shame world instead relies on toxic and harmful materials which cause lots of environmental damage and have clear negative heath impact. Thx BI for another excellent inspiring vid!👏
This has to catch on!
Hemp could be made into everything from paper, to clothing, to concrete. It grows much quicker than trees, removes impurities from the soil while replenishing it, etc. There's so many things that hemp could replace, which is why they won't allow it to be grown on a large scale
All those machines look insanely dangerous
I noticed a package of Charmin toilet paper had a sticker on it indicating it was safe for septic systems. I live in a rural area and have a septic tank, so I look for that designation when I buy TP (currently Scott Tissue). If bamboo TP was septic system safe, I'd happily give it a try.
So they called it Lastic when bamboo plastic could be BLASTic. Seems easier to work with for marketing. Could even stand for something like Bamboo Long-term Adhesive and Salt Tethered referring to the ingredients that make the product both unique and possible.
I think blast has some negative connotations thinking about environmentalism
Grasstic (bamboo is a type of grass)
Finally there are those who produce with materials that do not damage the environment. Bamboo is an extraordinary plant, it is suitable for multiple uses. This work of yours is a benefit for the environment but also for humanity. I hope that all countries in the world buy your products. I believe that for the good of this mother earth every state must examine its conscience... "not be corrupted by multinationals who have poisoned hands and have no social mercy." I would give you the Nobel for this ingenious eco-sustainable work of yours.”👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🌏🙏🕉️❤️
Amazing ❤❤❤❤
I would love to see more of this in the US, It's the best possible alternative.
Bamboo znd algae is the way forward!
They should try to approach greenhouses and nurseries. Their containers would be great to swap out their plastic use and cut down on a lot of consumer end waste too!
Honestly only growing it in a greenhouse might be the beast move, bamboo never stops spending
The flag of India is upside down lol 10:53
This is so interesting! I'd love to use bamboo made products! Brilliant!
Most toilet paper made from recycled paper feels more like sand paper lol
I came across a big patch of bamboo stalks growing in my old neighborhood in Massachusetts right behind where my old house used to be. It was about 100 yards long and about 20 yards deep of bamboo. They are thinner but still 10-20' tall and in different colors. Some are black, yellow and brown some are green. Perfect fishing pole thickness. I was going to chop a few down but I guess you need to boil it then dry it so it won't attract bugs.
Bamboos are too good to be on this planet 🌏
Very good ❤
Great initiative! I hope they change the plastic packaging soon. It goes against everything they’re supposedly fighting against.
All bamboo is a sustainable resource. That S#!t grows like crazy.
My questions are: 1. Will bamboo grow slower and slower over time from being harvested over and over?
2. If you were to compost 1% of the harvested bamboo and lightly fertilize the areas recently harvested, would the bamboo grow even faster or prevent weakening over the years from excessive harvesting?
My neighbor has bamboo growing all the way up to her fence-line. Of course, that means it is constantly crossing over into my yard, and EVERY fricking few days I have to go out and kill the sprouts that pop up on my side. Damn that stuff grows fast.
"Unlike trees, bamboo can actually regrow from its roots." - 6:57
Trees can also regrow from a stump. This has been used since ancient times in a process known as "coppicing". This strength isn't unique to bamboo.
Yes and yes. So many varied uses, the new shoots can be peeled and cooked and eaten.
I LOVE bamboo....I use bamboo products from cups to toothbrushes..everything in between💯❤️
N.B. Over the centuries, ppl have widely used HEMP as well.
"DIVERSIFY or DIE!" Charles Darwin
Ive been using bamboo toliet paper and paper towels for a few years now. The ones i get are not as strong as the named brand paper ones but they get the job done. I use use a lot of cloth napkins and europen dish clothes so cut down on the bamboo paper towers.
Please consider adding links to the studies you mention in the video.
I really liked this project. In the future, I would be honored to contribute to every stage of this project as an environmental engineer.
Can it hild liquids, like milk & laundry products? What about safely holding foods?
As a plastic injection molding engineer. I looked it how much bamboo pellets cost, and it's about double the cost of traditional plastic per a ton. Interesting.
I grew up around a lot of bamboo in Florida and later I was in Costa Rica for 9 years and I saw way more there. I saw the biggest species there, it's from Asia but I know where to see it in CR. It's huge, easily a foot across. They have a lot of varieties of bamboo there from around the world. I used it around my house and learned to make it bug proof by injecting diesel in the hollow parts.
Bamboo material is truly a big step forward
I LOVE BAMBOO! Team China Now And Forever All The Way!👍🙏🐲🐉🐼🇨🇳🙂❗️
Brilliant! I've used some of these products and there is no taste or residue when eating or drinking with them. So much better than paper straws!
3:50 This is so random, but I like her nails. 😌👍
I wish the West would explore using bamboo in construction. I know that engineers studied it about a decade ago to lay the groundwork for writing building standards, but never heard anything more about it.
The building lobby is so powerful in most badly run cities. American building codes and practices are about 50 years behind the times. We're still using techniques used 100 years ago, and just try getting a solar panel, geothermal plant, and the best? Septic systems! The inner city makes so much money forcing everyone to use THEIR controlled and expensive resources. It's all about control and money as usual.
Just try building a ram earth building in a liberal city. You'll be jailed.
Would love to try everyday office paper made of bamboo.
Industrial hemp is another fantastic option to replace plastics, paper, and textiles/clothing.
It grows as fast or faster than bamboo, it can grow in more areas, and has one of nature's highest fiber count, which means it's very versatile. The use of industrial hemp was so effective 150 years + ago it helped build European colonial powers thanks to the ability to make rope, which is obvi really important for sailing ships.
I strongly believe that industrial hemp can be one of the easiest and most cost effective substitution of plastic and paper.
It's either you mixed bamboo with abaca fiber of the Philippines which is much sturdier for bag or abaca alone could be the good replacement for plastic bags but, the problem only a few plant abaca.
Bamboo is a great material. It is very versatile. It also lends itself to containers and tubes.
In Romania, the cheapest toilet paper is made from recycled paper. Back in the day, you could occasionally see letters or even fragments of words in it from the original paper. It has a grey colour and feels a bit like sandpaper, so it isn't exactly popular with anyone who can afford better.
Sounds good, but there are better solutions still. Why aren't we using much more crop waste? We only eat around 1-2% of the plant from most crops, the rest is waste, why aren't we using that as the raw materials? We are starting to use the waste from crops like sugarcane, but we could do a LOT more with crop waste!
10:55 Indian flag is upside down.. may be in other countries it doesn't matter, but in India it is disrespectful.
At the end no one wants their videos banned for negligence unless its intended.
I actually took a class on the sustainability of bamboo! And I thought it would be good to bring up that with the CO2 emissions, most of it is from using coal and fuel during baking/drying/curing the bamboo and transportation. Which most can be improved as mechanical engineering becomes specialized in bamboo production (there are not many options currently available) and bamboo becomes more available.
What did the class have on controlling the spread on bomboo, im a part time landscaper and I see it as a guaranteed way to make neighbors disliked one another.
@@John_K137there are two types of bamboo rhizomes! There are runners and clumpers. Avoid running species as their rhizomes can branch out and grow very aggressively, so I would recommend clumping bamboo species as they are more manageable, and as the rhyzomes only grow within 20in under the soil, allowing for preventative measures
I used to live at my grandmothers house so she had me cut them down. They'd grow along side the back fence and would grow taller than that fence. She handed me a machete and said to have fun. I had "fun" every other 2 weeks because it was just as tall as when i had previously cut it by then🙃.
I can't wait for when they replace those soggy paper straws with something like a bamboo straw. Or maybe some other hollow plant parts.
I like the toilet paper made from bamboo. Strong yet absorbent and soft.
A good alternative to plastic sounds great, most people don’t know that plastic with the ♻️, don’t get recycled cause they are too expensive or difficult to do
As soon as they were available I have been buying bamboo tp. But also buy disposable/washable and reusable bamboo cutlery and food containers and cooking implements like cutting boards and rice cookers. Packaging from bamboo is fantastic to sell food in. It is biodegradable and one day it can seriously decrease the methane in landfills which we honestly need to turn into well controlled composting centers that don’t spontaneously ignite like our trash now does.
guys install a jet spray (hand-shower) in your restrooms and/or bathrooms. It's more hygienic, more efficient and consumes less water overall (tissue paper requires water in its manufacturing process).
Bamboo is the tallest Grass & it grows like grass fast , its the crucial element needed to balance the oxygen n carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere , truly a miracle Grass .
I will exclusively shop for bamboo products now thanks
What about Kenaf or Hemp? They both grow fast and are used for toilet paper production.