Do you…drive a car? Rubber rubbing off from your tires onto the road is one of the main contribution (2nd highest) to ocean micro plastics as your tires are filled with them suspended in the tire…
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
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
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
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
Do you…drive a car? Rubber rubbing off from your tires onto the road is one of the main contribution (2nd highest) to ocean micro plastics as your tires are filled with them suspended in the tire…
Insert scroll of truth meme here.
Tires are the 2nd largest contributor to microplastics in the ocean. Synthetic fabric like nylon, polyester, etc. are the main contribution.
And the majority of that is fishing nets. I’ll keep my printer thank you.
Aw man there goes my all polyester 70’s wardrobe!
That wardrobe will live on forever in our hearts and minds… in the form of microplastics.
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UsernameHere has it right below you love
Your mom.
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Tires are made of rubber though.
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
This isn’t someone who is ignorant, they’re just a troll don’t strain yourself
In my defence they had not posted the replies to others when I had started typing
That’s fine, just getting ahead of it so you’re informed
And in my defense this is a shitpost community.
In my defense, in certain terms, you’ve got an itty bitty peepee
Functionally-identical microrubber pollution doesn’t quite have the ring that microplastics does.
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
Shouldn’t those be micro rubbers and I’m not talking about my condoms.
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
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
tbf what matters here more is microplastic production per capita rather than overall production
That is what’s referred to as ‘a distinction without a difference’.
what’s your opinion on private jets?
Nobody should have a private jet
How is that relevant to the topic of microplastics? Outside of tires, which again — see my first point.
Which is much lower for 3d printers, than it is for cars :3
yeah probably, im not debating that (open source 3d printing is one of the best innovations in recent years fight me)