cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/20009882

Car tires shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment. Urgent action is needed

Electric cars are not THE solution.

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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I was unaware rubber products were considered micro plastics, I mean it makes sense, but for some reason I just never put that together

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    What if I told you the gum that you chew was also made from plastic.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I'd be more surprised if you told me it wasn't. At this point, living in the American Dystopia, I expect anything obtainable to a Proletarian to be at least partially artificial and likely carcinogenic.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    They're both made of long polymer chains - chains of repeating carbon-based molecules - but rubbers are synthesized in a way that makes it easy for these chains to slip past each other and spring back. In plastics, the chains are much more tangled and bonded together.

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