Drying natural rubber on a line after collected rubber (from trees) is put through a roller to compress as seen - Kerala, Southern India, India

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Drying of the natural rubber like this is a small part of the chain in the Rubber processing/manufacturing in India . Each family along this road where doing a little on each of the stages from small units with homes at the back of the shop. Previous place to this was the Rolling in hand washing machine rollers to roll the raw rubber o flat sheets as seen here.

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Location: Rubber depot in Idukku District Keral Southern India
Photo credit: © Gary Blake / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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