▲ 484 ▼ Marine researchers find biggest source of microplastics in our ocean is vehicle tyres (www.rnz.co.nz) submitted 8 months ago by pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world 81 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 6 points 8 months ago (1 child) Lol, yeah, my toothpaste really doesn't need plastic glitter. Then again, neither does my car's paint, but here we are. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 4 points 8 months ago* (3 children) Glitter in paint is usually the mineral Mica. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 3 points 8 months ago It depends what kind of reflections they go for (in usually polyurethane or acrylic paint?), there is a lot of variety. Aluminium, bronze, mica, synthetic, glass/ceramic are all used today in various forms and look fairly different. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 0 points 8 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [+] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 0 points 8 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 4 points 8 months ago* (3 children) Glitter in paint is usually the mineral Mica. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 3 points 8 months ago It depends what kind of reflections they go for (in usually polyurethane or acrylic paint?), there is a lot of variety. Aluminium, bronze, mica, synthetic, glass/ceramic are all used today in various forms and look fairly different. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 0 points 8 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [+] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 0 points 8 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 3 points 8 months ago It depends what kind of reflections they go for (in usually polyurethane or acrylic paint?), there is a lot of variety. Aluminium, bronze, mica, synthetic, glass/ceramic are all used today in various forms and look fairly different. permalink fedilink source parent