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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Butyl rubber. Iirc, it's combined with plastics for bike tires. I'm hoping we can find biodegradable alternatives for cars and bikes. That said, the impact of bikes and ebikes is most likely far smaller than the millions of cars (including EVs) on the road across continents.

Ideally, we need to make rail a huge priority across the north and south American contingents. Rail and bikes will take a chunk out of microplastic production.