More and more uses are being discovered for bamboo, uses that reach fields as diverse as construction, food, textiles and even as an energy generator. And for the sector of ecological and sustainable advertising merchandising it is an inexhaustible source for the creation of products that meet all the requirements demanded by companies that display their brand only in ecological promotional gifts.
Fortunately, there are many advances aimed at sustainable development, which the planet so badly needs and which ensures the balance between economy and nature, and in this field, bamboo, as the fastest growing plant, advances continuously, quickly and safely.
What is bamboo?
Did you know that bamboo is the fastest growing plant on the planet? Some of its varieties can grow from 25 cm to more than 1 meter per day.
Bamboo is a wild grass that grows in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Its origins for use in tools such as arrows or construction materials date back to China in the Neolithic Stone Age, 5,000 years ago.
Bamboo is a plant with a woody stem divided into rings and hollow parts that emerge from an underground stem with deep and large roots that protect the soil from erosion.
Benefits of using bamboo
The ease of cultivation, which requires little water, the speed of growth, increasing its productivity both as a natural resource and as a CO2 captor, as an erosion inhibitor, and the wide variety of uses at artisanal and industrial levels as a raw material in a multitude of professional fields, place it in the group of natural resources that contribute most to the sustainability that is so necessary between man and the environment.
Bamboo in all its varieties is the only group of grasses adapted to create forests. Due to its rapid growth, it is considered the alternative to slow-growing forest plantations. It is also the largest environmental CO2 absorber on the planet, absorbing 100 tons per hectare in each life cycle, and producing 30% more oxygen than other plants.
Bamboo is not only a resource to combat climate change, but it is also a great ally in communities that do not have large resources , where it is used in the creation of low-cost housing, in addition to being one of the best materials for withstanding floods, storms and earthquakes due to its strength and flexibility. All of this is increased by the fact that it is a way for people to earn money by growing and exploiting it in sustainable industries that require minimal investment.
Uses of bamboo in promotional gifts
The personalization techniques used in corporate gifts allow you to differentiate your brand on all types of objects, whether on the item itself or through promotional boxes , and bamboo fiber can be part of any merchandising product that aims to be considered ecological and sustainable.
You prefer an eco-friendly item made of bamboo when you want it to stand out for its rigidity, its resistance, its tensile capacity, for being light, hypoallergenic, that it maintains temperature, is flexible and above all made from very renewable and sustainable resources.
Rigidity in items that can withstand great force or pressure, such as the bamboo handles of multi-tools and utility knives .
Light and strong in kitchen and personal utensils, in which its hypoallergenic property is also very suitable, such as barbecue utensils, the mortar, or those bamboo cutlery that we often carry when we are away from home.
Flexible in office supplies, where pens and notebooks are easy to find chargers, speakers and lamps in which all these properties of bamboo become accessories that improve the product.
And finally, for its good finish and finish that offers an unbeatable presentation in gift boxes for wine or tea.
FIRSTGREEN , an ecological and sustainable merchandising company specialising in corporate gifts, brings together a whole selection of products to personalise in bamboo in an exclusive collection for this material with such remarkable properties, appropriate for the item and the message you want to achieve with the differentiation and visualisation of your brand.
