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minus-squareDelusional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 day agoI’m kinda surprised that more comes from paint than tires.
minus-squareChilledPeppers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·21 hours agoI think it depends on measure, if im not mistaken, by weight arohnd 50% of microplastics are tire dust.
minus-squareCleoTheWizard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·19 hours agoAlso depends on where you’re measuring. They make up a ton of the plastics in stormwater runoff for example. Sometimes up to 95% from what I found. And that stormwater often ends up in our drinking water.
minus-squareWiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoStill both from automobile infrastructure. /c/fuckcars bleeding into every Lemmy…
I’m kinda surprised that more comes from paint than tires.
I think it depends on measure, if im not mistaken, by weight arohnd 50% of microplastics are tire dust.
Also depends on where you’re measuring. They make up a ton of the plastics in stormwater runoff for example. Sometimes up to 95% from what I found. And that stormwater often ends up in our drinking water.
Still both from automobile infrastructure. /c/fuckcars bleeding into every Lemmy…