Sustainable - Vegetable Boards
ID Ess Cultural Development has sourced the best sustainable vegetable boards materials for any fit out project.
Bamboo 
Why Bamboo?
1. It enhances the environment:
Farmed bamboo stabilises the earth with its roots, preventing erosion. It takes greenhouse gases and produces oxygen. In fact, 35% more oxygen than an equivalent strand of a tree!
2. Bamboo is fast-growing and renewable:
Bamboo is not a tree – it’s a grass. Many species of bamboo can grow more than two feet per day.
3. Bamboo is strong:
Bamboo is much stronger than oak and can withstand a great deal of use. When laminated, bamboo is nearly as strong as soft steel! Bamboo doesn’t swell or shrink as hardwoods do and it is more stable than traditional timbers.
4. Bamboo has multiple uses:
Bamboo products include; bamboo board for flooring, wall panelling and plywood. It is also used in substrates. Additional uses include; bamboo laminates for surfacing; bamboo fencing; bamboo chairs and tables; bamboo cloth. In fact, even bicycles have been made from bamboo!
In China, bamboo is known as the “friend of the people”, such is its position in the economy and culture of the country.
For advice on your specification requirements for sustainable bamboo products, please contact us at 024 7679 6771 or hgardiner@idesscd.co.uk.
Sustainable - Vegetable Boards
Cork 
Why Cork?
1. Cork is extremely lightweight and ethically harvested from renewable sources. Available in differing sheet thicknesses, cork is a great material for interior surfaces.
Gridcore® 
Why Gridcore®?
1. Gridcore® is a lightweight honeycomb panel material which is constructed using 100% recycled card and paper pulp.
2. It is manufactured using recycled materials and is therefore, completely biodegradable – an ideal material for low impact interior applications.
Environ®
Why Environ?
1. Environ is a product made from recycled newspaper and soy beans.
2. It is highly durable and available in a wide range of colours and thicknesses.
3. Used primarily as a surface material to cover units, walls, tables and surfaces.
Isoboard® 
Why Isoboard®?
1. Isoboard® is a totally biodegradable building sheet material produced from agricultural straw waste.
2. The waste is ground down to a fine chip, then reconstituted using a low-toxicity binder.
Homasote® 
Why Homasote®?
1. Homasote® is a board material which is lightweight and available in various thicknesses.
2. Made from 100% recycled newspapers, it is generally used to make notice and pin boards.
Ryegrass Strawboard 
Why Ryegrass?
1. Ryegrass strawboard is a lightweight biodegradable building board made from agricultural ryegrass straw waste.
2. One of ryegrass’s main traits is that it has a high cellulose content and is therefore unsuitable for winter livestock feed. However, the high cellulose content assists the process of heat-bonding it into boards.
Soy Polymer 
Why Soy Polymer?
1. Soy polymer boards are very similar in appearance to plastic. Investigation is currenly underway to explore the possibility of vac-forming the material.
2. There are some considerable advantages to using soy polymer boards instead of ‘new plastic’. Firstly it comes from a renewable source, it can be processed at lower temperatures, it involves a toxin-free production process and it is 100% biodegradable.
Tectan® Board
Why Tectan®?
1. Tectan® board is a multi-coloured board made from 100% recycled tetrapak® cartons.
2. The board can take screws and nails and has strong structural properties.
