CLEVELAND (AP) — One of the world’s biggest tire manufacturers is taking another step toward more environmentally friendly production by incorporating a byproduct created by the burning of rice husks ...

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced Monday it will begin using ash left over from the burning of rice husks to produce electricity and an environmentally friendly source of silica for use in ...

Goodyear said it would use ash – left after the burning of rice husks to produce electricity – as an environment friendly source of silica for tyres. The company has tested silica derived from rice ...

Continental is looking at trash heaps and recycling bins to find sustainable materials for future tires. The company hopes to make all of its tires entirely from sustainable materials by 2050 at the ...

Rice husk, the hard-protective layer that envelopes the inner grain of rice, constitutes approximately 20%-25% of the entire rice structure and produces a considerable amount of by-products. In a ...

Charles "Chip" Ransler is the Chief Strategy Officer for Husk Power Systems, which provides electricity to rural India through the use of rice husks. The husks are a waste product of rice milling.