Green Design: Alternative Woods

Replacing scraps and glue with a regenerating resource

Have a renovation or building project ahead? Need plywood for any of your upcoming projects? Well here’s something to think about when shopping for your building materials. A company named Smith & Fong’s has come up with an entirely new family of plywood’s. These sheets of plywood aren’t made with conventional wood, but from bamboo! These stalks of bamboo can be pressed, shaped, and stained like any other kind of plywood. Also bamboo is one of the most durable and indestructible natural substances on Earth! And best of all, bamboo is a regenerating plant, which means they can virtually be used forever as a resource to make plywood and other building materials. So when you want to make sure your buying the most reliable wood, don’t go with the particle board, get yourself some Bamboo-Ply!

Written by: Joey Harrell