Tire dust? Tires are generaly made from a kind of rubber, not plastic. A great majority of micro plastics that end up in enviroment and in your body are shed from plastic fabrics. If you’re really worried about limiting plastic consumption check your clothing tags for polyester and nylon. Return to cotton, hemp, and linen.
Tire dust? Tires are generaly made from a kind of rubber, not plastic. A great majority of micro plastics that end up in enviroment and in your body are shed from plastic fabrics. If you’re really worried about limiting plastic consumption check your clothing tags for polyester and nylon. Return to cotton, hemp, and linen.
Both are made of polymers.
Rubber, also known as latex, is naturally occurring polymer from the sap of a specific species of tree.
“Synthetic rubber”, is in fact, plastic.
Po-TAY-to, po-TAH-to
Synthetic rubber like SBR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styrene-butadiene
Tires and brakes are a major source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17201-9