EcoPlanet Bamboo eyes future as sustainable timber heavyweight

Will Nichols
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A US company is tackling deforestation and creating jobs by providing a sustainable and profitable alternative to felling old growth forests

"People think bamboo is a joke," says Troy Wiseman, chief executive and co-founder of EcoPlanet Bamboo. But the strides his company has made in commercialising the quick-growing grass as a sustainable...

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