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minus-squareJack@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·edit-21 day agoBiggest sources: 7.6 Mt from macro plastics breaking down 1.3 Mt from paint 1.0 Mt from tyres 10-40 Mt released into environment/year, and increasing.
minus-squareDelusional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·24 hours agoI’m kinda surprised that more comes from paint than tires.
minus-squareWiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoStill both from automobile infrastructure. /c/fuckcars bleeding into every Lemmy…
minus-squareChilledPeppers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·20 hours agoI think it depends on measure, if im not mistaken, by weight arohnd 50% of microplastics are tire dust.
minus-squareCleoTheWizard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·18 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.
Biggest sources:
10-40 Mt released into environment/year, and increasing.
I’m kinda surprised that more comes from paint than tires.
Still both from automobile infrastructure. /c/fuckcars bleeding into every Lemmy…
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.