About the Guayule Blog
The Guayule Blog provides news and information about the latest clean-tech innovations and products made from guayule. Read by scientists, growers, manufacturers, and the general public, it is a resource for all who care about advancing sustainable materials and creating new jobs and opportunities in the American Southwest.
Guayule (pronounced ‘why-YOU-lee’) is native to the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico. Its natural latex and rubber content have been used in specialty medical devices, consumer products, and industrial products. The latex and rubber it produces is safe for people who are sensitive or allergic to the proteins found in imported Hevea-based latex, and its sustainable, U.S.-grown credentials appeal to consumers and manufacturers seeking to avoid or switch away from non-renewable petroleum-based materials such as synthetic latex and rubber.
It is also a source of renewable energy for electric power and biofuels, resins for bioadhesives and pesticides, and composites for termite-repelling particle board and cellulosic insulation.
- It can be grown profitably and with very little water once established in the arid deserts of the American Southwest.
- It does not contain the dangerous proteins found in latex from Hevea rubber trees so is a safe material for those sensitized or allergic to tropical rubber latex.
- Guayule is naturally resistant to pests and does not require the use of pesticides.
- The leftover biomass after rubber extraction can be used to create a variety of other products, including cellulosic ethanol.
The Guayule Blog is sponsored by Yulex Corporation, the leading producer of guayule-based natural rubber latex emulsions, foams and other advanced materials marketed under the Yulex brand.
