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Thoath@leminal.space 1 month ago
Do you…drive a car? Rubber rubbing off from your tires onto the road is the main contribution to ocean micro plastics as your tires are filled with them suspended in the tire…
Flipper@feddit.org 1 month ago
Thoath@leminal.space 1 month ago
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 1 month ago
Tires are made of rubber though.
Thoath@leminal.space 1 month ago
Tires have suspended micro plastics in the rubber, and small particles of rubber are still under the ‘micro plastics’ umbrella as a synthetic plastic polymer, glad you have such an understanding
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 1 month ago
Shouldn't those be micro rubbers and I'm not talking about my condoms.
Thoath@leminal.space 1 month ago
The main definition of rubber is only differentiated by it’s elastic makeup, I understand you’re working with a 5th grade reading level but, homie… they’re classified as micro plastics as much as you want to …do whatever this is
Thoath@leminal.space 1 month ago
Even if you personally decide ‘auhh my micro rubbers’ a tire isn’t a solid block of rubber, it has structural enforcement that is plastic, and both of these polymers, when under 5mm, is micro plastic by definition
Skua@kbin.earth 1 month ago
Rubber, including natural rubber, is a hydrocarbon polymer and should probably count as a plastic in any useful definition of the word for this context. Normally natural rubber is biodegradable, of course, but we vulcanise it for usage in tyres, and that makes it much less so. As such, tyres are a huge source of either microplastic pollution or, if you want to call it something else, functionally-identical microrubber pollution
Thoath@leminal.space 1 month ago
This isn’t someone who is ignorant, they’re just a troll don’t strain yourself
Skua@kbin.earth 1 month ago
In my defence they had not posted the replies to others when I had started typing
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 1 month ago
Functionally-identical microrubber pollution doesn't quite have the ring that microplastics does.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
[deleted]Thoath@leminal.space 1 month ago
UsernameHere has it right below you love
db2@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Your mom.
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
tbf what matters here more is microplastic production per capita rather than overall production
Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
That is what’s referred to as ‘a distinction without a difference’.
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
what’s your opinion on private jets?
Jax@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Nobody should have a private jet
How is that relevant to the topic of microplastics? Outside of tires, which again — see my first point.
Thoath@leminal.space 1 month ago
Which is much lower than 3d printers, than it is for cars :3
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
yeah probably, im not debating that (open source 3d printing is one of the best innovations in recent years fight me)
UsernameHere@lemy.lol 1 month ago
Tires are the 2nd largest contributor to microplastics in the ocean. Synthetic fabric like nylon, polyester, etc. are the main contribution.
5in1k@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
And the majority of that is fishing nets. I’ll keep my printer thank you.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Aw man there goes my all polyester 70’s wardrobe!
UsernameHere@lemy.lol 1 month ago
That wardrobe will live on forever in our hearts and minds… in the form of microplastics.