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I thought most of the ocean "plastic" was really paint.

• megablast 6y ago
  A large amount of it is micro plastics from car tyres.
  • zeusk 6y ago
    aren't care tires rubber and steel and not "plastics"?
    • swiley 6y ago
      Plastic is kind of a terrible word: people often just use it to mean any squishy organic material.
• TheSpiceIsLife 6y ago
  And cosmetics. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/24/microplastics-ban-in-cosmetics-save-oceans-mps-say-microbeads https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/24/micropla...