Now 21 years old, Bendek is the CEO of a company called Elastic Energy, which takes that rubber tree sap and makes an elastic band into the main fuel source for the battery, which weighs about 200 ...

From unusual behavior caught on camera to young orangutans trying Rubber Tree sap for the first time, here are the most watched moments from Orangutan Jungle School. Manufacturing of bitumen-lined ...

A synthetic gum base is most commonly used, which typically uses a food-grade rubber called polyisobutylene. Tree gum or sap was traditionally used as the base of gum, but this natural ingredient ...

Latex sap from rubber trees is in high demand from dozens of industries, including car tires. This high demand has caused deforestation and displacement of farmers in Cambodia. Some mattress ...

The history of rubber production for the market still shapes our world today A worker collects sap from a rubber tree in Brazil. Since its discovery centuries ago, the commodity has been one of the ...

Now 21 years old, Bendek is the CEO of a company called Elastic Energy, which takes that rubber tree sap and makes an elastic band into the main fuel source for the battery, which weighs about 200 ...