Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed
Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed
theconversation.com Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed
Tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our food.
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what's the percentage comparison to microplastics that are released by the floating plastic island in the middle of the Atlantic?
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I can't imagine much microplatics are getting chipped off of them. The tires have thousands of pounds of pressure being put on small surface areas when you round corners, where as a plastic bottleneck can dolphin into the water if hit by a large wave and not nearly as much friction placed on it.
How I imagine it
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