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linear@nya.social ("linear cannon") wrote:
here is your semi-irregular reminder that the bulk of material making up "microplastics" comes from car tires wearing themselves down on roads, and changing your personal purchasing, consumption and/or recycling habits will have no appreciable effect on your or anyone else's exposure to microplastics.
fixing the microplastics issue requires getting rid of cars, or finding a replacement for tires that does not wear down (which tire companies will not do because then they can't sell you new tires over and over)