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Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics, Study Finds
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‘Last weeks study said it was polyester clothing. The week before that it was fishing nets.
https://www.statista.com/chart/17957/where-the-oceans-microplastics-come-from/
The link you provided has synthetic clothing at 35% and tire dust at 28%.
The next two biggest categories are city dust and road markings.
It's not really that much of a shocker that a different study finds tire dust as the biggest category.
Fishing nets have never been a big contributor to microplastics. They are a big category of hazardous ocean waste.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/06/dumped-fishing-gear-is-biggest-plastic-polluter-in-ocean-finds-report
Read the first sentence: "Lost and abandoned fishing gear which is deadly to marine life makes up the majority of large plastic pollution in the oceans, according to a report by Greenpeace." I added the italics. Note also that the OP article is about micro plastics.
Fishing nets don't photodegrade into microplastics?
Yeah its weird. Isnt vulcanised rubber heavier than water and sinks?
That would work if tires were nothing but rubber, but they're not.
https://e360.yale.edu/features/tire-pollution-toxic-chemicals