What Is Natural Rubber and Why Are We Searching for New Sources?

Abstract

What is rubber and where does it come from? Rubber is a natural product produced by plants and is present in many of the goods used in our daily lives. Rubber has had an important role in human history, throughout the development of human civilizations. It still plays an important role, and that is why we need to search for new rubber sources. Nowadays, 99% of the natural rubber we use is extracted from a tree called Hevea brasiliensis. In this article, we give some details about the best alternative rubber sources currently available.