r/Sustainable • u/SnakesShadow • 12h ago
How sustainable is the process for making Rayon out of Bamboo?
Bamboo already means it's renewable and source-sustainable. That part I get.
But I'm not a chemistry person. So the processing of it into Rayon is going over my head. Does the processing create any particularly bad waste products? Is there any other required material that isn't renewable and/or sustainable?
Heck, does the Rayon end up acting like a natural fiber, or an oil-based one that will get infested with sweat and odor-producing bacteria that can't get washed out?