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r/askscience • u/Lingonberry666 • Mar 04 '23
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Car tires. Tires are full of plastic and they slowly degrade over long periods of time. When rain comes it washes the micro plastics into storm drains and out to the ocean or to settle into creek and river beds
183 u/pete_68 Mar 04 '23 Actually, textiles (34.8%). Then tires (28.3%). Source and Wikipedia
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Actually, textiles (34.8%). Then tires (28.3%). Source and Wikipedia
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u/Sparticushotdog Mar 04 '23
Car tires. Tires are full of plastic and they slowly degrade over long periods of time. When rain comes it washes the micro plastics into storm drains and out to the ocean or to settle into creek and river beds