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Why Bamboo Has a Place at Every Table - from Home to Hospitality
September 24, 2025
Discover why bamboo is the #1 choice for sustainable disposable plates. Now with the FDA ban on palm leaf plates, the choice become clearer. Compare the differences of bamboo and palm for your sustainable dinnerware. The trend towards safe, sustainable plates and dinnerware starts here.
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May 7, 2012
What is BioPreferred and Why It Is Important
If it hits the president's desk, then it must be an important issue. A presidential memorandum was recently issued requesting federal agencies to increase procurement of certified biobased products. This...
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...
December 31, 2011
bambu earns Gold from Green America
Green America, the leading non-profit organization that supports sustainable business awards bambu, the renewable ideas company, with the highest level, Gold Seal of Approval.
October 31, 2011
Bamboo Plates - the inside story of bambu's All Occasion Veneerware
bambu Veneerware is the original 'natural disposable' range of dinnerware of choice for countless events, occasions and meals since first introducing bamboo plates to the the market over eight years...
October 24, 2011
A City Made of Bamboo
At bambu, we are big fans of creative installations and works of art particular those that use found or renewable or reclaimed materials.....or common, everyday materials used in imaginative ways....
October 9, 2011
2 Days in 2 Minutes - bambu catalog 2012
2 Days in 2 Minutes - bambu catalog 2012 - click here for the video We recently brought the team together to shoot the photography for our new catalog. This...
September 28, 2011
bambu Goes Back to School [again]
We were recently invited to CEIBS, [China European International Business School] to share our bambu story. CEIBS in one of the Top 10 business schools in the world and the...
August 21, 2011
Spotted in the pages of People magazine
Not that we're avid regular readers of the weekly pages of People magazine. But, with our recent travel and trade show schedule we did get a chance to pick up...
August 8, 2011
bambu Cork Fabric 'AdjustaBowls' - Stuff You Love!
We were thrilled to learn that our newest renewable, our 'fab' Cork Fabric Bowls, made the 'Stuff We Love' list over at iVillage. Give us Your Vote for Green Products...
July 31, 2011
bambUofO - back to campus
We have posted previously several occasions when bambu 'going back to school' sharing our products and our stories with grade school students, design students, college grads, and students in graduate...
June 7, 2011
Eco Design Fair - Shanghai
Since its inception a few short years ago, the Eco Design Fair has been building a following among both local and foreign communities. The media too have been providing more...