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The Sustainable Tires Of The Future Will Be Made With Plants (Again)

December 19, 2024 admin 0 Comments bridgestone, clean transport, dandelion rubber, Electric vehicles, ev tires, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, natural rubber, research, rubber, SCIENCE, supply chains, sustainable aircraft fuel, sustainable tires, tires, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 13:28:33 +0000

Sustainable tires could be made with butadiene derived from algae, food waste, and other renewable resources instead of petroleum, if a new research project pans out.

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Bridgestone Awarded $35 Million USDA Climate-Smart Grant to Advance Guayule Natural Rubber Production

November 24, 2022 admin Agriculture, bridgestone, bridgestone e8 commitment, climate-smart commodities initiative, green economy, green jobs, guayule, investment, Manufacturing, natural rubber, u.s. department of agriculture

Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 19:00:42 +0000

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) a $35 million climate-smart grant to invest in the desert shrub guayule in order to increase natural rubber production in the United States and provide growers with a crop that is more environmentally friendly while also tackling the ongoing water crisis in the Southwest. […]