Labor process
Monoculture Growing Techniques
Technologies/Chemical Process used
Oil Refinary
Vulcanization
Fluid Catalytic Cracking
Environmental Hazards
''the third largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting industrial sector''
Deforestation
Loss of Biodiversity
Soil Erosion
Hazardous Waste
Chemical Smell Polution
Polluted Water Pools
Distillation
Social Hazards
Land Grabing
Impoverishment
Violence
Food and water shortages
3 Types of Producers cultivating Rubber
State-owned companies and farms
Private Enterpreneurs
Smallholder Farms
Manufacturing places (e.g. for Faber Castell)
Brazil
India
Malaysia
China
Luke's 3 Dimensions of Power
Non-decision making power: Set discourse in the agenda and debates
Ideological Power: Influences one's wishes and thoughts-> makes them think differently from what they are used to
Biggest Problem
No specific targeted Recycling Company for Erasers
Erasers are not politicized
Those in power don't have to set the discourse anymore
Materials
Natural Rubber(isoprene)
Cheaper SBR (=Styrene-butadiene)
Meaning families of synthetic rubber
good resistance
good stability to aging
Additives
Fillers
Made up of 2 Types of Plastic
Elastomers (Plastic treated with Chemicals)
Plastic
Abrasive
Pumice
Plasticizer
Vegetable Oil
Petroleum
Benzene
Sustainable?
Recycling not feasable
Shavings filled with graphite soot
No specifically targeted recycling company
Disposal/Environmental Hazards
(straight to)Landfills
Sucked in by the vacuum cleaner
ends up leachate
treated as wastewater
released into nearby water pool
end in waterways below the soil
covered up with rest of municipal waste
can end up in the soil if it is rained on
Hard to track
Waste=Shavings too small
The Future?
Rubberized asphalt roads