On 16/09/2018 20:08, Andy Burns wrote:
Brian Reay wrote:

They aren't obviously made from bamboo, they look like melamine.

The bamboo socks don't look like bamboo either, they break the cellulose
down chemically then make rayon from it

Interesting, there maybe a chemical process used to make the plates etc.

We've some, unwanted, bamboo in the garden- it spreads from next door-
the stuff grows at a remarkable rate. If you can utilise it, it would be
a fantastic source of raw material. (Not on the garden scale!)


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