Recycling rubber

A different ball game!

Tennis stars are being served and volleyed to fuel a new and unique experiment

Oil from rubber

An oil extract from old tyres could be used to make chewing gum mouthwash and soap

KAMPUCHEA

Rubber soles for crops

Scrap tyres buried underground could reduce irrigation costs

INDIA

Flexible option

A step forward in finding an alternative to the rubber tree

Rubber alternative

Cloning trees

It's rubber now

Resilient biomaterial

From fruitfly

Worst-hit

Lifting of curbs on rubber imports to affect small farmers

Rubber cultivation

Under attack

Clouds seeded with burning tyres

National rubber policy must protect growers, urges planters’ association

There are over one million rubber growers in the country

Fall in crude oil prices likely to deepen natural rubber crisis in India

Fall in oil prices will boost synthetic rubber

Kerala opposes GM rubber

Asks Centre to revoke permission for GM trials

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Change me says the tyre

Promising bacteria

Microorganisms prove effective in recycling old tyres stockpiled in landfill areas

Government, contractors not reusing old tyres for the love of money: Experts

With Crum Rubber Modified Bitumen technology, old tyres can be reused in laying roads

Landless people encroach upon private estate in Kerala

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