git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to science@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months agoTire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics, Study Findswww.thedrive.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down10cross-posted to: fuckcars@lemmy.cafuck_cars@lemmy.mlearthsciencescience@lemmy.mlhackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squareTomboys_are_Cute [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·9 months agoGenuinely surprised it wasn’t polyester in the wash, I also didn’t realise there was so much plastic in rubber
minus-squareOgdenTO [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoRubber is plastic - it’s just a plastic that is softer at room temperature.
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Genuinely surprised it wasn’t polyester in the wash, I also didn’t realise there was so much plastic in rubber![emoji pika-cousin-suffering pika-cousin-suffering](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/6bef6160-0479-47e6-be5a-7ac39980a678.png)
Rubber is plastic - it’s just a plastic that is softer at room temperature.
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