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Re:Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics by alt227 on Sunday October 01, 2023 @02:09PM (#37728698)
Genuinely interested here. If natural rubber and plastic are exactly the same thing, then why is natural rubber being advocated as a much more environmentally sound alternative? Would'nt the dust from natural rubber tyres be just as problematic as the plastic is now?
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Re:Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics by crazygringo on Sunday October 01, 2023 @05:55PM (#37731277)
Yes this is exactly my question as well.

Is the dust just as bad for the environment, but natural rubber wears more slowly due to the longer chains?

Or is the dust somehow a less harmful kind of dust?

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Re:Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics by igravious on Monday October 02, 2023 @07:47AM (#37736934)
natural = good; synthetic = bad (◔_◔)
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