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Re:Car tires biggest likely source of microplastics in Calif... by grosswait on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @02:06PM (#21139172)
Definitely not what comes to mind when I think of plastics. I usually hear Bakelite quoted as the first invented plastic.
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Re:Car tires biggest likely source of microplastics in Calif... by pmahoney on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @02:29PM (#21139375)
Think "polymer" or "synthetic polymer" since these will be the things bacteria and other parts of nature have not evolved around.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer#Common_examples

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Re:Car tires biggest likely source of microplastics in Calif... by kube-system on Wednesday October 02, 2019 @03:35PM (#21140002)
Synthetic rubber was, in fact, invented after Bakelite.
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