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Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours ago

Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed

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Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed

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Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours ago

Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed

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Tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our food.

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also, why is it spelled that way?

British spelling of tire is tyre
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  You mean the English spelling. Its their language
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  is that why its called the tyburn tree? a phonetic usage of the British language?

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