What is bamboo material?
Bamboo is structured with natural fiber that can be processed either as a naturally occurring bast fiber or a regenerated manufactured fiber.
Bamboos include some of the fastest-growing plants in the world. Certain species of bamboo can grow 36 inches within a 24-hour period.
Bamboo grows in 3 to 7 years. During its growth, it consumes global warming greenhouse gas CO2 and not much water like other plants. It’s eco-friendly. Bamboo material is not suitable for reuse after washing, which means it’s disposable. However, disposable doesn’t mean it’s harmful to the environment. Bamboo is biodegradable unless bad stuff is added to it.
A growing part of consumers favor
Environment friendly is becoming an increasing awareness for cosmetic consumers nowadays. Consumers start asking whether the company makes their product with less pollution and less greenhouse gas in the supply chain.
Customers also pay more and more attention to the production of your product in the entire process. They care about the working environment, emissions, and other specifics. If some don’t meet the requirement of modern supply chains, your product will be resisted.
In recent years, manufacturers have been working on developing more sustainable alternatives to traditional plastic products.
Why does bamboo material sustainable?
Not like plastic, plastic is known for being hard to degrade even those claimed degradable. Plastic has polluted the entire planet, even Antarctic Pole has detected microplastic waste. Microplastic is also detected in human organs, it damages cells, and more effects on the human body are still unknown. Bamboo can easily break down within 8 weeks or even less in nature, once moisture, heat, oxygen and microorganisms are introduced to bamboo.
Types of bamboo usage for cosmetic packaging
- Dry items
Powders and solid items like blushes, contour palettes, compact powder, face wash, etc. can use bamboo packaging. You just need to prevent water degradation and put some effort into sealability.
- Liquid items
Taking about essential oils or other beauty products filled with water, you need to choose bamboo products with airtight crafts to protect from oxygen, heat and moisture in the air.
Anyway, bamboo is a good cosmetic choice for shifting cosmetic packaging to environment-friendly. Meet your environmentalism customers' diverse needs and grow your cosmetic business.
Reference:
- Bamboo by Wikipedia (//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo)
- Microplastics are everywhere - but are they harmful? (//www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01143-3)
- Is Bamboo Biodegradable? (//www.conserve-energy-future.com/is-bamboo-biodegradable.php)
