• PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Tires haven’t been rubber since the 50’s. Current tires are definitely a leading source of microplastics, but it is incorrect, and misleading to group rubber from trees in with microplastics.

    • barsoap@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Yes in the sense that there’s synthetic rubber which generates less microplastics.