eli5: Why aren’t bamboo products like Toilet Paper/Paper towels considerably cheaper than their tree counterparts?
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Plenty of answers and I usually just read but this time I thought I’d chime in. I’ve been working with bamboo on the forestry side for +8y now. Main reason is there are no commercial plantations of bamboo large enough for a project like that, there have been many tests done by the largest paper companies having great results with the fiber but first you’d have to plant enough individuals to support that operation and then adapt your machinery to process this kind of fiber.
Bamboo is more suited for cardboard since it has long fiber vs short which are mainly used in paper.
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