Woven bamboo mat (woven bamboo mat production)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product to produce woven bamboo mats a bamboo pole is first flattened and then divided into strips with widths between 2 and 4 cm. These strips are then peeled into 1- to 2-mm-thick veneers which are then woven to form a mat. The entire process is manual and is typically performed in small rural communities. The woven bamboo mats are usually used as lightweight walls but have also recently been used for industrially produced panels (Xiao 2009). Reference: Xiao Y. 2009. Development of Prefabricated Bamboo Earthquake Relief Shelter. In: International Conference of Modern Bamboo Structures. Bogota Colombia. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.