In file photo: Rubison Macalalag, a father of four and a former tricycle driver before working for the Kanya-Kawayan supply facility in Nasugbu, Batangas, works on a huge bamboo pole for treatment ...

“As a nature-based solution, bamboo offers diversified options for replacing plastics,” says my colleague, Li Yanxia, senior programme officer at the International Bamboo and Rattan Organization ...