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From all the studies I have found, the biggest contributor to micro plastics is tires making up almost 80% of the pollution. I wonder what percent synthetic cl
by tmaly 2y ago
From all the studies I have found, the biggest contributor to micro plastics is tires making up almost 80% of the pollution.
I wonder what percent synthetic clothing material contributes to the overall micro plastic pollution?
- Tollen 2y ago[dead]
- Wohlf 2y agoTires aren't 80% of microplastics pollution, that's a misreporting of the study. They're 80% of the category that includes tires, that whole category is only 11% of microplastics.
- tmaly 2y agodo you have the figures for synthetic clothing? I own some synthetic clothing, and I try hang dry it as I believe drying contributes to micro plastic pollution.
- Wohlf 2y agoI'd have to dig into the research to figure it out, numbers on synthetic fibers range from 34-50+% but how that's categorized is all over the place.
- ruined 2y agoif we're recalling the same study, that's specifically for roadside streams, which makes sense. cars and tires are terrible but they're not everywhere