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• Thoath@leminal.space ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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

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  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Shouldn't those be micro rubbers and I'm not talking about my condoms.

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    • Thoath@leminal.space ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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

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      • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Fifth grade?

        I can't afford me no college education you liberal!

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    • Thoath@leminal.space ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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

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      • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        5mm what's that like ten inches?

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• Skua@kbin.earth ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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

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  • Thoath@leminal.space ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This isn’t someone who is ignorant, they’re just a troll don’t strain yourself

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    • Skua@kbin.earth ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      In my defence they had not posted the replies to others when I had started typing

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      • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        And in my defense this is a shitpost community.

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      • Thoath@leminal.space ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That’s fine, just getting ahead of it so you’re informed

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  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Functionally-identical microrubber pollution doesn't quite have the ring that microplastics does.

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