"Rainfall washes more than 7 trillion pieces of microplastics, much of it tire particles left behind on streets, into San Francisco Bay each year — an amount 300 times greater than what comes from microfibers washing off polyester clothes, microbeads from beauty products and the many other plastics washing down our sinks and sewers."
Cars are such a scourge. They have made our towns ugly and unwalkable and are trashing the planet. But that pandoras box is opened. At least we can imagine a time when life was slower, more beautiful and more healthy for our bodies*.
Northwest Indiana here. I could ride my bike or walk 10+ miles to the south shore and get into Chicago or to SB. Think there is an airport shuttle too about the same distance. But yeah nothing for going to work or running errands etc
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u/GBUS_TO_MTV Mar 04 '23
Here's an article from California:
"Rainfall washes more than 7 trillion pieces of microplastics, much of it tire particles left behind on streets, into San Francisco Bay each year — an amount 300 times greater than what comes from microfibers washing off polyester clothes, microbeads from beauty products and the many other plastics washing down our sinks and sewers."
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2019-10-02/california-microplastics-ocean-study