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Researchers are Using Tomato Peels and Eggshells to Make Tires

https://cornishlab.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/researchers-are-using-tomato-peels-and-eggshells-make-tires

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 ...

Community Planning Programs

https://medina.osu.edu/program-areas/community-development/community-development-state-programs/economic-development-0

educational and volunteer programs to engage and inform the public. For more information, go to: ...

Kyle Benzle

https://cornishlab.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/KyleBenzle

understanding and enhancing the biosynthetic pathway for the rubber precursor in Taraxacum kok-sahgyz. ...

Pailing Liu

https://cornishlab.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/node/223

extraction efficiency of the rubber dandelion, Taraxacum kok-saghyz (TK). His project was about applying T. ... lanuginosus and its crude enzymes to hydrolyze TK roots to increase the rubber yield and purity. Graduated ...

Sources of Natural Rubber

https://cornishlab.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/rubber-sources

Hevea brasiliensis (Rubber Tree) The rubber tree will grow to be 100 to 130 feet in height, and ... A rubber tree can be tapped for latex when it is six years of age. Parthenium argentatum (Guayule) ... as an alternate source of latex that is also hypoallergenic, unlike the normal Hevea rubber. The name ...

Lu Zhao

https://cornishlab.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/LuZhao

allocation between rubber synthesis and storage carbohydrate inulin, and evaluating the contribution of ... inulin reserves in providing carbon for rubber synthesis in Taraxacum kok-saghyz and Taraxacum ...

GM Commits to 'Green' Natural Rubber for Millions of Tires

https://cornishlab.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/gm-commits-green-natural-rubber-millions-tires

General Motors said it will commit to buying sustainable natural rubber for the 49 million tires ... it buys annually, an initiative aimed at helping small rubber farmers while protecting company ...