8umboo textlles ure cloth, yurn und clothlng mude out of bumboo fbres.

vhlle
hlstorlcully used only for structurul elements, such us the rlbs of corsets, ln recent yeurs
u runge of technologles huve been develoed ullowlng bumboo fbre to be used ln u
wlde runge of textlle und fushlon ullcutlons. Modern bumboo clothlng ls mude from
elther cc bumboo yurn or u blend of bumboo und other yurns such us cotton or other
textlle fbres lncludlng hem, sundex und nylon.

Source of ruw muterlul
1he bumboo used to muke the yurn for 8oody bumboo eco weur ls grown ln Chlnu by
!"#"$ &$'() *+",$-(. /$#"0 *),1(23. 1hey hold the utent on the rocess for turnlng
bumboo lnto yurn. 8oody yurn ls "#$%&'#( )$*+,&" by 4*56 (1he Crgunlc Cro
lmrovement Assoclutlon).

1o strlctly control the quullty of ruw muterlul, !"#"$ &$'() hus estubllshed lts own
bumboo luntutlon ln Slchuun Provlnce, Chlnu, und kees strlct control over lts
oerutlons. 1he bumboo ls grown ln uccordunce wlth the lnternutlonul orgunlc stundurd
of 4*56 7 5/468 und the 9:;6 <(=$)2(. 40'(2$- >0)'0(,, so us to ensure euch bumboo
stulk ls of cc nuturul growth und wlthout uny chemlcul estlcldes.

1he roof of the ecologlcully sound methods behlnd bumboo roductlon ls the fuct thut
ull of the fbre roduced ut the fuclllty ln Chlnu ls 4"?)@A"B CDD -"0=$E"F- 1hls meuns thut
the fnlshed fbre hus been tested for uny chemlculs thut muy be hurmful to u erson's
heulth und hus been found to contuln no truce chemlculs thut ose uny heulth threut
whutsoever.

8umboo llbre
8umboo hus gulned oulurlty us u "green" fbre. vhy? Munufucturers olnt to the fuct
thut bumboo:

cun be cultlvuted qulckly

cun be used us u cush cro to develo lmoverlshed reglons of the thlrd world, und

ls u nuturul fbre (us oosed to oulur synthetlcs llke olyester) whose cultlvutlon
results ln u decreuse ln greenhouse guses.

8umboo ls extremely reslllent und duruble us u fbre. ln studles comurlng lt to cotton
und olyester, lt ls found to huve u hlgher breuklng tenuclty, better molsture wlcklng
roertles und better molsture ubsortlon. lt ls ulso fur more Lcofrlendly thun cotton
und olyester.

Lcologlcul reusons for uslng bumboo for textlles und clothlng
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Reuchlng u to metres tull, bumboo ls the lurgest members of the gruss fumlly.
8umboo ls the fustest growlng woody lunt ln the world. Cne 'uunese secles hus

been recorded us growlng over metre ln u duy. 1here ure over 6cc secles of bumboo
found ln dlverse cllmutes from cold mountulns to hot trolcul reglons. About c mllllon
hectures of the eurth ls covered wlth bumboo, mostly ln Aslu. 1he hlgh growth rute of
bumboo und the fuct thut bumboo cun grow ln such dlverse cllmutes mukes the
bumboo lunt u sustulnuble und versutlle resource.

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Cnce u new shoot emerges from the ground, the new cune wlll reuch lts full helght ln
just 8-c weeks. Luch cune reuches muturlty ln - yeurs. 8umboo cun be contlnuully re
hurvested wlth no dumuge to the surroundlng envlronment. lt ls u gruss und so
regenerutes ufter belng cut just llke u luwn wlthout the need for reluntlng. 1hls regulur
hurvestlng ls uctuully of beneft to the heulth of the lunt - studles huve shown thut
felllng of cunes leuds to vlgorous regrowth und un lncreuse ln the umount of blomuss
the next yeur.

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Lund use ls of extreme lmortunce ln current globul cllmute us the world's seven bllllon
eole comete for wuter, food, fbre und shelter. Sustulnuble lund use ructlces
rovlde both economlc und envlronmentul udvuntuges. 8umboo cun be used us food,
fbre und shelter und due to lts euse of growth und extruordlnury growth rute lt ls u
cheu, sustulnuble und emclent cro. 8umboo ulso grows very densely lts clumlng
nuture enubles u lot of lt to be grown ln u comurutlvely smull ureu, euslng ressure on
lund use.

G$".FH )I #(,#)) )I J1 =) KD =)22"H 1"0 +"-=(0" '0"(=.3 "B-""F =+" 3$".F )I LD =)22"H I)0
,)H= =0""H (2F )2.3 C@L =)22"H 1"0 +"-=(0" I)0 -)==)2M

8umboo requlres only onetlme luntlng of bumboo und very llttle cure und
mulntenunce. ln u tlme when lund use ls under enormous ressure, bumboo's hlgh yleld
er hecture becomes extremely slgnlfcunt.

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Eumun uctlvlty ls not only roduclng more curbon dloxlde, but lt ls ulso severely
dumuglng the ublllty of the lunet to ubsorb curbon vlu lts curbon slnks the forests.
Crowlng forests ubsorb CC
z
but deforestutlon hus sudly, resulted ln fewer trees to souk
u rlslng levels of CC
z
. 8umboo's extreme growth mlnlmlzes CC
z
und generutes u to
more oxygen thun equlvulent stunds of trees.

42" +"-=(0" )I #(,#)) H"NJ"H="0H KL =)22"H )I -(0#)2 F$)B$F" 1"0 3"(0 O+$." )2" +"-=(0"
)I 3)J2' I)0"H= )2.3 H"NJ"H="0H CP =)22"H )I -(0#)2 F$)B$F" 1"0 3"(0

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8umboo luntlng cun slow deforestutlon, rovldlng un ulternutlve source of tlmber for
the constructlon lndustry und cellulose fbre for the textlle lndustry. lt ullows
communltles to turn uwuy from the destructlon of thelr nutlve forests und to construct
commerclul bumboo luntutlons thut cun be selectlvely hurvested unnuully wlthout the
destructlon of the grove.


Lurlng hurvest seuson, tree luntutlons huve to be choed down und termlnuted, but
bumboo kees on growlng. So when u bumboo cune ls cut down, lt wlll roduce
unother shoot und ls reudy for hurvest uguln ln us llttle us one yeur. Comure thls to
cotton - hurvestlng orgunlc cotton requlres the destructlon of the entlre cro cuuslng
bure solls to buke ln the sun und releuse curbon dloxlde lnto the utmoshere. 8efore
reluntlng next yeur's cro the cotton furmers tlll the felds whlch releuses yet more
CC
z
.

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very llttle bumboo ls lrrlguted und there ls sound evldence thut the wuteruse emclency
of bumboo ls twlce thut of trees. 1hls mukes bumboo more uble to hundle hursh
weuther condltlons such us drought, food und hlgh temerutures.

*),1(0" #(,#)) =) -)==)2 @ ( =+$0H=3 -0)1MMM 5= -(2 =(?" J1 =) LDQDDD .$=0"H )I O(="0 =)
10)FJ-" C ?' )I -)==)2 (2F RST )I =+" '.)#(. -)==)2 +(0U"H= -),"H I0), $00$'(="F .(2FM
V(,#)) )2 =+" )=+"0 +(2F 0"NJ$0"H )2.3 PDD .$=0"H )I O(="0 =) 10)FJ-" C?' (2F 0"NJ$0"H 2)
$00$'(=$)2 (= (..W

Some studles lndlcute thut cotton ls the lurgest user of wuter umong ull ugrlculturul
commodltles.

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Yeurly reluntlng of cros such us cotton leuds to wldesreud soll eroslon. Conventlonul
cottongrowlng ulso cuuses u severe reductlon ln soll quullty through the lmuct of
constunt use of estlcldes on soll orgunlsms.

1he extenslve root system of bumboo und the fuct thut lt ls not urooted durlng
hurvestlng meuns bumboo uctuully hels reserve soll und revent soll eroslon. 1he
bumboo lunts root system creutes un eectlve wutershed, stltchlng the soll together
ulong fruglle rlver bunks, deforested ureus, und ln luces rone to mudslldes. lt ulso
greutly reduces ruln runo.

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As u nuturul roduct derlved entlrely from lunt cellulose, bumboo fbre ls
blodegruduble ln soll by mlcroorgunlsms und sunllght. Euvlng reuched lts useful llfe,
clothlng mude from bumboo cun be comosted und dlsosed of ln un orgunlc und
envlronmentully frlendly munner.

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A slgnlfcunt beneft of uslng bumboo us the orgunlc buse for textlle fbres ls thut there
ls no need for estlcldes or fertlllzers when growlng bumboo. 8umboo ulso contulns u
substunce culled #(,#))@?J2 - un untlmlcroblul ugent thut glves the lunt u nuturul
reslstunce to est und fungl lnfestutlon.

8y contrust, only z. of the world's uruble lund ls lunted wlth cotton, yet cotton
uccounts for z of the world's lnsectlclde murket und of the sule of globul
estlcldes. Muny of these estlcldes ure huzurdous und toxlc. lertlllzers ure ulso ulled
to cotton felds to lncreuse growth rute und cro ylelds.

vhut our 8umboo Munufucturers Suy.
<)=" @ V))F3 6JH=0(.$( >AG XA; +(H 2)= -(00$"F )J= $2F"1"2F"2= U(.$F(=$)2 H=JF$"H

8umboo llbre ls culled "Alr vltumln' or "Longllved Llement' ln the Chlnese

ucudemlc world. lt cun releuse z,6cc unlons er cm. Anlons ure very helful for
humun heulth uctlvutlng cells of our body, urlfylng our blood, usslstlng wlth
recovery, culmlng vegetutlve nervous system, und lmrovlng ullerglc constltutlon.

Elgh ublllty of ubsortlon und deodorlsutlon: bumboo ls flled wlth honeycombed

uths these uths run through the yurn from the lnslde to the outslde. 1hls
greutly lncreuses the surfuce ureu, muklng lt useful for ubsorblng ull klnds of
hurmful chemlcul muterluls.

Molsture Munugement: 1he fbre's seclul honeycombed uths und '8umboo

Churcoul' ruldly ubsorbs molsture, so lt ensures your body remulns dry und cool.

lur lnfrured Cenerutor: 8umboo ls rerudluted ln sectrul wuvelength of ~m.

lur lnfrured ruys cun be ubsorbed by the humun body und huve thermul eects
usslstlng wlth heut reservutlon for temeruture mulntenunce us well us
strengthenlng blood clrculutlon to extremltles und romotlng metubollsm.

8ucterlu und mlldew reslstunce: the tests result from the A"H= *"2="0 )I
62=$,$-0)#$(. 8(="0$(.H A"-+2$-(. 52H=$=J=" )I >+3H$-H (2F *+",$H=03Q 6-(F",3 )I
:-$"2-"H (2F Y+"Z$(2' >0)U$2-" 8$-0)#$(. 52H=$=J=" shows thut the untlmlcroblul
uctlvlty reuched AAA grude of lzj1,cz zcc6. 1he mlldew reslstunce of the cc
curbonlzed bumboo fbre knltted fubrlc (csj) ln duys ulso reuched Crude l.

Qulck dry und breuthuble: the fbre's seclul honeycombed uths cun ubsorb
molsture qulckly und dlserse to the surfuce of fubrlc, so lt ensures your skln
remulns dry und comfortuble.

Cood Antlllllng und Antlfuzzlng: bumboo fbre fubrlc reuch ~. grude.

Permunence of 8umboo fbre: 8umboo fbre ls qulck dry ufter wushlng, und very
duruble meunlng thut no mutter how muny tlmes you wush und weur, bumboo
llves on.