Recycling rubber

‘Rubber Bill 2022 makes Rubber Board redundant, doesn’t ensure fair price’

James Jacob, former director of the Rubber Research Institute of India, talks to Down To Earth on the proposed amendments

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

Burning rubber

Tyres that never tire are an automobile's glamourous footwear, but producing these sophisticates is an environmental nightmare

Wood does a lot of good

It was the bane of the rubber tree, as the fungus Phytophthora literally ate into its every part. With the discovery of antifungal wood extracts, …

Resilient biomaterial

From fruitfly

Worst-hit

Lifting of curbs on rubber imports to affect small farmers

Rubber cultivation

New technique may help recycle used tyres

Devulcanisation of rubber is a better way of repurposing used rubber. The few conventional methods to devulcanize rubber material are prone to …

World Bank funding hits Brazilian Indians

The World Bank continues to finance a development project in northwest Brazil, despite warnings that it would adversely affect the Uru Eu Wau Wau …

Under attack

Clouds seeded with burning tyres

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

Fall in oil prices will boost synthetic rubber

National rubber policy must protect growers, urges planters’ association

There are over one million rubber growers in the country

Kerala opposes GM rubber

Asks Centre to revoke permission for GM trials

Rubber plantations in Tripura affecting monkeys, vegetation, suggests paper

Authors warn against monoculture farms, suggest eco-friendly measures to increase biodiversity

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