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PlunderBunny 16 hours ago

Like many efforts (effective or otherwise) to solve environmental problems, fixing this might require new tyres sold to environmentally conscious consumers initially, to prove that it can be done. Cost effectiveness comes later, paired with government regulations.

I'm assuming there are currently no tyres on the market that contain nothing that degrades into microplastics, but please correct me if I'm wrong.

david-gpu 16 hours ago | parent [-]

Streetcars, subways and LRTs do not require new fancy tire compounds to stop releasing microplastics. Their brake pads can, though, although I imagine that regenerative braking helps somewhat.

Bicycles are so lightweight that the amount they release is negligible compared to a car.

porphyra 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I wonder if rubber-tyred metros like the Montreal metro and some Paris metro lines release a lot of microplastics?

therealdrag0 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Could possibly filter it out at exhausts

PlunderBunny 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Agreed, and I like all those forms of transport, and use some of them when I can. But I do have to drive sometimes (for a certain definition of 'have to' of course).

We're not going to win these things by saying "just don't drive". Driving less is part of the solution, but it's not going to work by itself.