Bamboo as an alternative to cotton
Cotton is the water guzzler among textiles. On average, 8,000 litres of water are needed for the cultivation of just one kilogram of cotton. In addition, cotton is responsible for the use of no less than 11% of all pesticides and 25% of all insecticides in the world. The soil in which cotton plants grow becomes so exhausted during cultivation that fertiliser has to be used to make cotton production possible again.