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Plyboo vs. plywood

The name might make you laugh, but Plyboo claims to be a durable, strong, and sustainable laminated bamboo alternative to traditional plywood.

Smith & Fong’s timber bamboo grows to a height of 40 feet with a diameter exceeding 6 inches and matures in 4 years without requiring replanting - a fairly rapidly renewable resource considering woods such as pine, spruce, fir, larch and others used in plywood manufacture reach similar maturation only after 12-15 years.

While the traditional timber industry is often seen as a heavyhanded and organization resistant to positive change, with the growing concern over usable timber with respect to size and age, sensible forestry practices are seeing a resurgence.

Learn more:

• Forest Stewardship Council
• Thinning Pine Plantations
• Wood-Based Panel ProductsTechnology Roadmap: III. Softwood Plywood
• Performance of Hybrid Poplar in Agroforestry at Fruita, Colorado in 2000

Thursday | 3 March 2005 | Sustainability