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  1. Turning Food Waste into Tires

    May 19, 2017

    Researchers at The Ohio State University have discovered that food waste can partially replace the petroleum-based filler that has been used in manufacturing tires for more than a century.  Click here to learn how!

  2. Researchers are Using Tomato Peels and Eggshells to Make Tires

    May 18, 2017

    Researchers at OSU have discovered that food waste, specifically tomato peels and eggshells, makes excellent filler for rubber tires, exceeding industrial standards for performance. Filler is combined with rubber to make the rubber composite used in tires. Food waste could partially replace carbon black, the petroleum-based filler long used in tire manufacturing, which has become increasingly hard to come by.  Click here to read more.

  3. Guayule rubber made from tomato peels and eggshells

    Driving on Eggshells: Ohio State Researchers Recycle Food Scraps For Tires

    May 18, 2017

    Katrina Cornish is a professor in Ohio State's College of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Sciences who studies rubber biosynthesis and production. She and a team of researchers have found finely-ground egg shells and tomato peels are an adequate replacement for carbon black.  Click here to learn more.

  4. Cornish Joins Panel Charged with Steering Course of Biofuels R&D

    May 17, 2017

    Katrina Cornish, an internationally recognized authority on alternative natural rubber biosynthesis and production, has been appointed to an independent panel responsible for advising the federal Biomass Research and Development Initiative.  Click here to read more.

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