. Many quilters are concerned that cotton cultivation uses the greatest amounts of chemicals of almost any crop. So I was relieved when I saw new environmentally sensitive batt products appearing:Pale green colored batting from Quilter's Dream,which is made from shredded 7-Up pop bottles, and also bamboo batting. I decided to investigate bamboo a little more. 

Bamboo is the new sweetheart of fashion, gorgeous drape and feel
and we can feel good about it’s “green” credentials. Bamboo is good for the environment,
were told. But is it all good news? Scratch the surface and it turns out there
are dark problems. I recently came across this excellent information resource
for organic clothing and cloth:

http://organicclothing.blogs.com/my_weblog/2007/09/bamboo-facts-be.html

I recommend that you check out this site and become more informed
about organic cotton vs. bamboo. The skinny is:

Bamboo is a very good thing for the environment to cultivate, but
the process for turn it into fibre is exactly the same harsh chemical process
used to turn woodchips into viscose for rayon. It’s this secondary process that
is very harmful to the people who work in the factories and the environment
where the chemicals get dumped. I’m sticking with organic cotton batting which
has been my favourite for about 15 years. But guess what? Hobbs is phasing it
out due to low demand. So better snap it up while you can. When organic cotton
batt is no longer available, I’ll be switching to my other favourite batt
that’s always been in fashion: pure, renewable, environmentally friendly wool!