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Plastic straws pollute, paper straws collapse—now, bamboo straws offer a durable, natural, and eco-friendly alternative. As the world moves toward sustainable solutions, bamboo straws are emerging as the perfect balance between environmental responsibility and useability.
First International Standard on Rattan rattan materials and products
Each year on 14 October, the members of IEC, ISO and ITU celebrate World Standards Day, which is a means of paying tribute to the collaborative efforts of the thousands of experts worldwide who develop the voluntary technical agreements that are published as International Standards.
"I would like to thank everyone for showing up to this meeting with the challenges we're facing now." Chairman FEI said.
With more than ten thousand different uses, bamboo is versatile, renewable, clean, green and abundant. What’s more, it holds the key to many climate change and sustainable development solutions. What’s not to love? ISO’s expert committee for bamboo has just published its first International Standard to support the industry’s growth, contributing to a better world for all.
Measures to mitigate the pandemic effects
“ISO/TC 296 endeavors to develop international standard to facilitate sustainable use of bamboo and rattan, we invite you from different countries joining hands with us, drawing on experiences from each other, coordinating progress in the global bamboo and rattan industry."
"We need to strengthen the influence of cooperations among the industry, academic institutions and universities on the international standardisation of bamboo and rattan in order to push standard-setting forward effectively."
The Department Trade and Industry's Bureau Philippine Standards (DTI-BPS) hosted the 4th Plenary Meeting of the ISO Technical Committee on Bamboo Rattan (ISO/TC 296) and its Working Groups at the Hotel Jen Manila from 02 to 06 September 2019.