10 Best sustainable materials we should use

Bamboo

It can be used for furniture, flooring, and textiles, crafts, food, biofuel

It is the fastest growing plant on the planet. Bamboo takes about three years to get established

Jute

It can be used for packaging, flooring, and textiles, reinforced plastic and is replacing wood in pulp and paper

Jute is a rainy season crop. It can be harvested in 4 months from planting

Hemp

It can be used for rope, textiles, clothing, shoes, food, paper, bioplastics, insulation, and biofuel

Essential oil hemp and fiber hemp varieties require 70–120 days from seeding to harvest

Mycelium

It can be used for packaging, furniture, and building materials, car interiors and more

It is the underground network of the mushroom. It is a Fungus. It is biodegradable, strong, lightweight, fire-resistant.

Linen

It is most biodegradable and stylish fabrics. And used for shirts, bed sheets and more

It is a natural fiber made from the flax plant. It is harvested in 100 days. The best climate is humid

Natural Stone

It is used for flooring, and building exteriors, sculptures, decorative artworks

A durable and long-lasting material that is sourced from quarries

Straw bales

It is a great mulch for new crops. Mulch reduces the use of water. Straw bales are also used has building materials

It is an agricultural byproduct of crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat

Recycled Plastic

It can be used for packaging, bags, car components, furniture, building materials, paint pots and even kerbstones.

Only 9% of plastic waste is recycled in the world

Reclaimed Wood

It is reused to make furniture, flooring, and building materials 

The most common wood that is reclaimed is Douglas fir, redwood, and oak

Bioplastics

Biodegradable plastics take only three to six months, and used to make packages, cutlery and more

It is a type of plastic that can be made from natural resources such as vegetable oils, starches & Hemp

I have listed the 10 best sustainable materials that we should use. Bamboo, Linen, Hemp, Jute, Mycelium, Straw bales, Natural Stones