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Palm Leaf Plate Alternatives: A Hospitality Buyer's Guide
June 10, 2026
In May 2025, the FDA ruled that Areca palm leaf dinnerware is no longer safe for food contact affecting most of the palm leaf plates in hospitality supply chains. If you're a caterer or event venue, this is a decision you need to make now. Here's a clear-eyed look at what to replace them with, what to verify before you buy, and why bamboo is the right call.
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June 3, 2019
What it Means to be a B Corp
Today there are more than 2,700 B Corps across more than 150 industries and 60 countries, unified by one common goal: to redefine success in business. - B Corporation Communications...
August 15, 2018
The Spork: A Backpacking Essential
The Spork: an innovative combination of a Spoon and a Fork. The spork has seen many different designs, materials and uses since its documented invention in 1874. But one thing...
April 17, 2018
Sustainability Spotlight - Material Sourcing Matters
In celebration of Earth Day, the world’s largest environmental movement, we’re spotlighting commonly used products like cotton clothing, household textiles and kitchenware. Moreover, we’ll explore why material sourcing and manufacturing...
February 9, 2018
bambu @TEDx
Tedx was created in the spirit of TED's mission, "Ideas Worth Spreading." The program is designed to give communities the opportunity to create TED-like experiences at the local level. More...
February 2, 2018
bambu becomes a B Corp certified company
"B Corporations are a way to transcend the contradictions between the ineffective parts of the social sector and myopic capitalism." - New York Times
January 23, 2018
The Making of a bambu Catalog (behind the scenes)
Putting together our annual catalog is a four-to-six month process. It begins and ends with the product. [ If you want to jump right to the catalog link to review...
January 14, 2014
Behind the Scenes: The Production Journey from Chinese Forests to Your Home
We are starting a series of posts called, Meet Your Makers. A little project here at bambu that provides a glimpse, in and around, and behind the products that we make,...
July 8, 2013
The Portland Business Journal – In the Trenches with bambu: Born in Oregon, proudly made in China
We started with a single idea, a lot of passion, and a bit of blind courage: To turn people onto renewable materials, and to lessen the impact we place on...
February 15, 2012
Putting a sustainable supply chain to work
There is a reason that this post is written from our work base in China. It is where we feel we have the best opportunity to influence and be involved...
January 16, 2012
Fair Trade Comes to Visit Bambu in China
Fair Trade Original is our partner organization representing bambu in The Netherlands. We are thrilled to be associated with this group. Fair Trade Original, formerly Fair Trade Organization incorporated in 1959,...
January 10, 2012
Absolutely Fabulous. bambu hits the English airwaves
Another bambu product sighting....this time from England. On BBC, on one of the highest rated shows, Absolutely Fabulous! Yes, absolutely fabulous, we say. Make no mistake, that is our fabulous...