The Bamboo Factory

[dvs12cu2]

Can some one pls tell me what is done with the waste? is anything else produced from it as is seems like well, a waste really.

[tmagdahl]

@dvs12cu2 Most of the factories that are doing more than cutting, like drying, heating to activate some glue or heating for preservation or stabilization (I am not an expert in bamboo treatment) take the waste and burn it in a furnace to produce vapor that is diverted to those processes or in very big factories used to generate sometimes a big % of the electricity they use.

[genepierson]

Velectrocity is right. This whole process gives bamboo a bad name. When used for flooring, it doesn't appear to be "green" after all. (BY THE WAY, why aren't the workers wearing any eye protection?!!!)

[tmagdahl]

@genepierson A very bad name, never buy bamboo it is killing the planet!

[ngot74]

Amazing, the production is based in Vietnam.

[velectrocity]

The bamboo manufacturing process displayed in this video is twice what it takes to mill in traditional dimensional lumber methods. Power consumption alone really put me off here. We can't ignore the responsibility we must take to verify how the electricity was supplied to all this milling it took to make a massive "glue up" become a viable product. Don't ever frickin tell me a nuclear power plant supplied electricity to this manufacturer, the reality is that it's almost not worth it.

[OnePeopleOneChina]

5:03 Instead of wrapping the bamboo in plastic, Is there a greener way to package it?

[tmagdahl]

@OnePeopleOneChina Yes, Panda Skin but the very thin one made from newborns!

[yohanvonlucas]

where's this factory?

[chardnj]

wow.lots of work and big investment to make those products

[JegXIII]

I got wood.

[1stsmosh]

I don't like the Insecticide application at 1:29...unless u tell me what insecticide you're using...i hope its not CHLORDANE!

[Karinvt]

Very well filmed and educational. Thank you so much for this video. Music is good.

[agungk]

really stupid music ruins the otherwise informative movie.