The Sustainable Tires Of The Future Will Be Made With Plants (Again)
Sustainable tires could be made with butadiene derived from algae, food waste, and other renewable resources instead of petroleum, if a new research project pans out.
Natural rubber
Bridgestone Awarded $35 Million USDA Climate-Smart Grant to Advance Guayule Natural Rubber Production
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) a $35 million climate-smart grant to invest in the desert shrub guayule in order to increase natural rubber production in the United States and provide growers with a crop that is more environmentally friendly while also tackling the ongoing … [continued]
Goodyear Follows The Bouncing Soybeans For Sustainable Rubber Tires
Goodyear is on a mission to replace petroleum-based tire materials with soybean oil and other new sources of sustainable rubber.
Here’s Where The Rubber Hits The Road (Natural Guayule Rubber — Updated)
If you can’t pronounce it yet, you will soon: US-grown guayule natural rubber tires just debuted in Texas and performed as well as imported Hevea.
Rubber Tree Inspires New Self-Repairing Plastic
Take the weight advantage of plastic, add the ability to self-repair small cracks before they become big cracks, and you’ve got yourself a durable new material that could improve the lifespan for thousands of ordinary objects, and help to reduce energy demand in vehicles and machines. That’s the idea behind … [continued]
