Sobk
Rubber tree
4 brothers have made tracks throughout this stretch of jungle in Sabah, Borneo. Using their machetes they make lashes in the bark. Rubber collects on the small ledge from and runs down and off into a small plastic cup.
Liquid rubber is collected and put into larger containers. They have small processing camps set up where they can heat up the rubber and let it settle on a flat bed to remove impurities. It is then left to cool and slabs of pure rubber are formed. These brothers make around £1000 GBP per month selling rubber. The work is relentless and the distances they cover are huge. It took my trekking team 3 days to cover what they would have to walk in one.
Rubber tree
4 brothers have made tracks throughout this stretch of jungle in Sabah, Borneo. Using their machetes they make lashes in the bark. Rubber collects on the small ledge from and runs down and off into a small plastic cup.
Liquid rubber is collected and put into larger containers. They have small processing camps set up where they can heat up the rubber and let it settle on a flat bed to remove impurities. It is then left to cool and slabs of pure rubber are formed. These brothers make around £1000 GBP per month selling rubber. The work is relentless and the distances they cover are huge. It took my trekking team 3 days to cover what they would have to walk in one.