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As long as both use tires that contribute 45% of the world's microplastics, this is focusing on the wrong issue
https://theconversation.com/one-of-the-biggest-microplastic-pollution-sources-isnt-straws-or-grocery-bags-its-your-tires-259440
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c05002
So I say, let's not get distracted
For personal transportation do you have an alternative to tires? I mean shit even bicycles contribute to this. I know the answer is better public transport, but for PERSONAL transport it's pretty hard to avoid tires!
The amount of tyre wear pollution from a bicycle is negligible, to the point where they are not even worth mentioning in these types of conversations.
Kind of like how it's not worth mentioning tire micropalstics in a discussion about EV vs ICE emissions?