Re:Adding Crushed Rock to Farmland Pulls Carbon Out of the Air
by schiffern on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @06:17PM
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>asphalt microparticles are in the end just very viscose oil
Bitumen is plastic. In fact there's increasing efforts to use post-consumer recycled plastic as an additive.
Microplastics from road transport mainly come from tire dust, but also include road markings (plastic mixed with glass microbeads), bitumen from asphalt, and a bit of brake dust.
Bitumen is plastic. In fact there's increasing efforts to use post-consumer recycled plastic as an additive.
Microplastics from road transport mainly come from tire dust, but also include road markings (plastic mixed with glass microbeads), bitumen from asphalt, and a bit of brake dust.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972...
https://resourcelab.dk/plastics/pollution/oceans/2018/10/11/...