With all the eco bottles on store shelves, you expect to see stainless steel or BPA-free plastic for the newest offering. Bamboo? Does it hold water? Glass? Won’t it break? Together they make a sturdy and attractive bottle to tote around your non-potable.
The Bamboo Bottle Company combines sustainable bamboo and glass to make its new bottle. The 17 oz. “original” bottle is BPA-free. It is constructed of a bamboo tube with a glass insert and top and bottom caps. Bamboo was selected for the outer because of the species’ stability, hardness and strength. Phyllostachys Pubescens bamboo, also known as Moso and Mau Tzu bamboo, are grown and harvested, then hand selected and hand cut for the bottle. While bamboo is sustainable, the hand harvesting allows for maturing and flowering strands of the plants to remain flourishing to their full 90 feet, which takes about nine months. It also avoids the use of heavy machinery to minimize impact on the ground soil. The cut bamboo continues to grow as it is a type of grass.
Hot and cold beverages can be stored in this bottle. The bamboo acts as an insulator. It also protects the glass inner. The glass it dishwasher safe and is made from 60 percent recycled glass to make the durable liner. The glass is designed as a tube with screw ends on top and bottom. Two caps close and secure the bottle. The cap, bottom, and nut that secures the glass in the bamboo when the top is unscrewed are all dishwasher safe. All three pieces are FDA food grade approved, and made from BPA-free plastic that can be recycled at the end of the bottle’s service.
You’ll still want to treat the bottle with some care, but the construction and bamboo shell make this an easy way to bring a glass bottle with you to carry liquids. The price is comparable to other bottles on the market at $25 and it will be available starting October 15. It is worth considering that the glass adds a certain amount of weight. Bamboo Bottle does come in at a weighty 1.5 lbs. We would also note that while you can bring it on hikes and courtside, but it might not be the best choice to tote with you for a run or bike ride. This is almost a work of design to display and use with some caution. But we really want it for our water bottle display and will opt to bring it along when we drink water sitting in our back yard, take it to work, long drives, and a day at the beach.
Bamboo Bottle Company official site