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[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/23/recycling-can-release-huge-quantities-of-microplastics-study-finds

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772416623000803

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749124005694

This really seems like the kind of situation where you fix one crack and another one pops elsewhere.

Not to mention, car tyres are possibly also one of the highest contributers to microplastics so we might as well be fucked.

edit: maybe my initial post was worded in a confusing way read my update above if you are interested