Can Bamboo Flooring Really Help Save The Worlds’ Environment?
by: S.A. Smith
Probably not on its own, but its an excellent example of how consumers can vote
with their buying dollars to sway market demand to bring more environmentally
friendly products into the marketplace.
Bamboo flooring is a rising trend in home flooring and a great alternative to
traditional hardwood floors. It is the most environmentally friendly natural
hardwood flooring alternative you can select for your home, it is a renewable
resource, is stronger than steel, and has a greater resistance to expansion and
contraction problems associated with temperature and humidity changes.
The bamboo grass is one of the fasted growing plants on the planet, only takes 5
years to grow to maturity, and can provide 25 times the bio mass of a comparable
stand of trees. Bamboo is harvested every 5 years, and starts to re-grow
immediately with new shoots when harvested. Bamboo is also strong and has a
tensile strength exceeding mild steel. It can withstand up to 50,000 pounds of
pressure per square inch versus some steels 50,000 psi ratings.
Bamboo flooring is also become a very trendy interior design statement with its
rich and beautiful golden earth tones. It is important to shop around for a
quality bamboo flooring product that contains no formaldehydes in its binding
compounds. Many offshore brands use cheaper binding agents that may contain
formaldehydes, and this can cause indoor air pollution problems down the road as
all chemical compounds will slowly release their toxins into the air.
So why look to bamboo to save the environment? Bamboo is an excellent
replacement product for much of the hardwood species that are being harvested in
our global equatorial rainforests. Once harvested, these hardwood species often
never grow back due to the thin layers of soil and lack of sunlight under the
jungle canopies, and if they do grow back it can take up to 200 years! Our
global rainforests are the lungs of our planet and provide a significant
contribution to our global oxygen production, second only to the ocean.
By selecting bamboo flooring you reduce the consumption demand for rainforest
hardwood materials, and in the process help save to the environment for our
future generations. For more information and tips on bamboo flooring visit:
http://www.laminateflooringzone.com/bamboo-flooring.htm
About The Author
S.A. Smith is a freelance writer, contributor, and editor of the Laminate
Flooring Zone and can be reached at http://www.laminateflooringzone.com.
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