Yeah its weird. Isnt vulcanised rubber heavier than water and sinks?
Comment on Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics, Study Finds
reddig33@lemmy.world 1 year ago
‘Last weeks study said it was polyester clothing. The week before that it was fishing nets.
dansity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Montagge@kbin.social 1 year ago
That would work if tires were nothing but rubber, but they're not.
https://e360.yale.edu/features/tire-pollution-toxic-chemicals
alvvayson@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The link you provided has synthetic clothing at 35% and tire dust at 28%.
The next two biggest categories are city dust and road markings.
It’s not really that much of a shocker that a different study finds tire dust as the biggest category.
Fishing nets have never been a big contributor to microplastics. They are a big category of hazardous ocean waste.
reddig33@lemmy.world 1 year ago
theguardian.com/…/dumped-fishing-gear-is-biggest-…
blackbrook@mander.xyz 1 year ago
Read the first sentence: “Lost and abandoned fishing gear which is deadly to marine life makes up the majority of large plastic pollution in the oceans, according to a report by Greenpeace.” I added the italics. Note also that the OP article is about _micro_plastics.
CADmonkey@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Fishing nets don’t photodegrade into microplastics?