BAMBOO BAMBOO SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Why Bamboo?Why Bamboo?Sustainability – Fast growingShort rotation – Harvestable from 3 yr. onwardsAdaptability – Different agro climatic conditionsEconomical – Easily available at cheaper cost.Environmental friendly – Carbon sequestration,

land reclamation, water harvesting, reduces soil degradation, etc.

Plantation – Large scale plantations can be brought up easily.

Uses – > 1500 documented uses.Social acceptance – Liked by the society from

the old costumed baskets to furnished bamboo flooring

Uses of bambooUses of bamboo Pulp, paper and rayon (major industrial uses) Agriculture & Handicrafts: Bamboo baskets,

stacking material, agriculture implements and structural material.

Bamboo houses, disaster resistant bamboo buildings, walling, roofing and structural material

Sericulture, Fisheries, Medicinal Bamboo seeds and shoots used as food and leaf

as fodder Panels as substitute of traditional timber spp ,

Plywood, Particle Board, Hard board, Medium Density Fiber board

Other importance uses: Carbon sequestration, checking soil erosion, water conservation, wind barrier, bio-fencing, restoration of degraded land, important social forestry and agroforestry species

Traditional uses of Traditional uses of bamboobamboo

Baskets Stakes Incense sticks

Scaffolding FirewoodHouses

Potential areas of increased Potential areas of increased demand of bamboodemand of bamboo

• Bamboo shoots• Furniture and value added products• Bamboo plastic composites• Bamboo panel; plywood, particle board, hard board,

medium density fiber board (MDEB) oriented stand board, wood polymer, Bamboo mat, Bamboo cement panel

• Bamboo houses including earthquake resistant houses; structural and building construction material

• Biochar

Present and future bamboo Present and future bamboo usesuses

Advanced architecture

bridges

Advanced architecture terminal at

Barajas airport, Madrid

Hotels made of bamboo

Bamboo plywood Bamboo BiocharBamboo lumbar Bamboo cellulosic ethanol as

biofuels

Global status of bamboo industryGlobal status of bamboo industry

The world bamboo market is estimated to be > $ 7 Billion/yr. as of 2007 and is estimated to increase to $ 20 Billion/yr. till 2017.

The global bamboo trade volumes are estimated to be between USD 5.0 billion and USD 10 billion (FAO, 2005).

It is hypothesised that, the market for bamboo processed products can replace wood to majority of purposes.

It has been estimated that the total market size of bamboo flooring materials will rise to Rs. 19500 million by 2015 (NABARD).

India’s bamboo economy is expected to grow by over 15% to touch Rs. 260,000 million by 2015.

Sl. No. Genera Sl. No. Genera

1 Arundinaria 8 Oxytenanthera

2 Bambusa 9 Phyllostachys3 Chimnobambusa 10 Pleioblastsus4 Dendrocalamus 11 Schizostrachyum5 Gigantochloa 12 Semiarundinaria6 Indocalamus 13 Sinobambusa7 Ochlandra

Principal bamboo genera in India

Bamboo diversity Bamboo (family: Bambusoideae) constitutes 1250

species. India constitutes 125 species spread all over the

country.

Sl. No. Species Sl. No. Species 1 Bambusa bambos 10 D. hamiltonii2 B. nutans 11 D.stocksii 3 B. pallida 12 D. strictus 4 B. polymorpha 13 D. asper5 B. tulda 14 Guadua aungustifolia 6 B. vulgaris 15 Meloconna baccifera7 B. balcooa 16 Ochlandra travancorica8 Dendrocalamus brandisii 17 Schizostachym dullooa9 D. giganteus 18 Phyllostachys bambusoides

Economically important bamboo species of India, NMBA

Species diversity and utilization Species diversity and utilization diversitydiversity 125 indigenous species of bamboo in India posses

huge species diversity. Different mechanical characters confers utilization

diversity. Commercially important bamboo species.1. Bambusa balcooa - High biomass yielding species.2. Guadua augustifolia – Strongest poles tensile

strength comparable to steel.3. Dendrocalamus brandisii – long internodes best for

incense stick industry.4. Dendrocalamus asper – Edible bamboo5. D. stocksii – solid bamboo good for furniture,

scaffolding and stakes.

CRUSHED BAMBOO BOARDS CRUSHED BAMBOO BOARDS (CBB) PATENTED (CBB) PATENTED TECHNOLOGYTECHNOLOGY

WHY CRUSHED BAMBOO?•LARGE SCALE UTILISAITON OF BAMBOO•CAN BE CONVERTED TO BI-AXIALLY ORIENTED BOARDS LIKE PLYWOOD.•CAN BE CONVERTED INTO ORIENTED MATERIAL LIKE WOOD.•ANY SPECIES OF BAMBOO CAN BE USED.•LEAST WASTAGE FROM BAMBOO TO BOARDS.

Process: bamboo board1: Cross CuttingLonger sections into smaller

2: Removal of external nodes

3: Split into two halves

6.Crushing

7. Drying

8. Glue application

Process: Bamboo Board

9. Mat Laying

11. Machining

Cutting,trimming sanding

10. Hot Press

Process: bamboo board

Finished products

Finished boards

Finished boards

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