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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 10, 2011
Food Experiments hit the road. bambu joins the ride.
The Food Experiments cooks up its next cook-off in Washington DC. This time, with bambu as a sponsor of this series of competitive culinary events. Brooklyn Brewery is the main...
May 1, 2011
bambu and Earth Day in Japan
We are recently back from a visit to Tokyo. We made our plans with mixed feelings. Had enough time passed since the earthquake? Was it a good time to go?...
April 3, 2011
Booming! bambu in the New York Times
We hit the pages of the The New York Times That's twice in the last three months! This time, via our tweet. (@bambuhome) bambu, is right there, right on top!...
March 22, 2011
Tracking Sustainable Materials - London exhibition- bambu Veneerware
'Keeping Track of Sustainable Materials' An important exhibit is now on display at the IOM3 Institute in London. The interactive display and material exhibition explores the relationship between sustainability, materials,...
March 20, 2011
Dining by Design 2011 - bambu Veneerware
New York launches DIFFA's Dining by Design in New York this weekend, showcasing some dazzling dining installations, and delectable food and wine pairings. DINING BY DESIGN brings together internationally celebrated...
January 23, 2011
Small Bambu - Sculpture ....from Pebbles...made from Scrap
Scrap Story Part Two. It's a scrap sandwich! We reported previously from the pages of bambu, the installation of used chopsticks in Shanghai here. Here's another scrap story. First, Big...
January 16, 2011
excerpt: from Made To Stick conversation - bambu
There have been a few activities lately that reminded us of this post from awhile ago. . It seems timely to share our conversation with the Chip and Dan Heath...
December 12, 2010
Nothing Happens - 'Watering the Bamboo'
It is unusual that the Oregon Duck football team would end up on this blog. Well sort of. The owners are both alum from the University of Oregon. And one...
December 2, 2010
Chop Food Not Trees
If you are going to chop with sharp blades, play with your food.
November 29, 2010
From Our Hands To Your Hands
Above, the hands of Dao, a basket weaver in Central Vietnam. And the hands of Oyashi, a master chef in New York. It is all in the hands. The hands...
November 15, 2010
bambu's All Occasion Veneerware® is put to test. The Compost Breakdown Report [via InHabitat]
Starre Vartan is known to many in the green world. Founder and editor of Eco Chick, her writing appears in The Huffington Post, and The Daily Green , as well...