Sustainable Natural Rubber

Para rubber tree, the current source of natural rubber is susceptible to disease and has a history of extinction. To make natural rubber a sustainable product, number of efforts are underway to obtain alternative sources of natural rubber. Guayule and Russian dandelion are currently the two strong candidates. Study on guayule, a bush that grows in an arid area has been on and off for many decades. The prohibitive cost of processing rubber always...