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Marine researchers find biggest source of microplastics in our ocean is vehicle tyres (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 11 months ago by pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world

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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 38 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Tyres specifically break down on hard surfaces that typically drain directly to a nearby waterway. Used tyres were/are popular for boat fenders and seawalls and the like. That and literally just dumping them. I’m not surprised.

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[–] verdantbanana@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

when growing up people dumped tires purposedly so go back later and tire fish for catfish

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[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago

City storm drainage is already treated for a population over 100k (in the us). But never for these microplastics. Seems like that would be a good place to start.

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