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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SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 2 months agoTires are made of rubber though.
Skua@kbin.earth 2 months ago
Thoath@leminal.space 2 months ago
This isn’t someone who is ignorant, they’re just a troll don’t strain yourself
Skua@kbin.earth 2 months ago
In my defence they had not posted the replies to others when I had started typing
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 2 months ago
And in my defense this is a shitpost community.
Thoath@leminal.space 2 months ago
That’s fine, just getting ahead of it so you’re informed
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 2 months ago
Functionally-identical microrubber pollution doesn't quite have the ring that microplastics does.
Thoath@leminal.space 2 months 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 2 months ago
Shouldn't those be micro rubbers and I'm not talking about my condoms.
Thoath@leminal.space 2 months 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
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 2 months ago
Fifth grade?
I can't afford me no college education you liberal!
Thoath@leminal.space 2 months 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
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 2 months ago
5mm what's that like ten inches?