Patent ID: 11858003
Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A  C  Y | IPC A  B  C

Claim 0:
1. A method for managing waste associated with the processing of guayule shrubs for the extraction of rubber, the method comprising:
providing guayule shrubs comprising leaves, bark, woody material, and roots at a harvest site;
utilizing a portable local sub-station comprising a chopper which reduces the guayule shrubs to a guayule plant matter with pieces having an average length of about ¼″ to about 4″, wherein only above-ground portions of the guayule shrubs are included in the guayule plant matter, thereby producing a semi-processed guayule material with a weight at least 5% lower than the weight of the guayule shrubs; and
transporting the semi-processed guayule material to a remote rubber extraction plant capable of producing rubber, resin and waste bagasse from the semi-processed guayule material where the waste bagasse comprises at least 60% by weight of the semi-processed guayule material.