Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTIL Cigarette butts are the most common form of plastic pollutionwww.earthday.orgexternal-linkmessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1657arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1648arrow-down1external-linkTIL Cigarette butts are the most common form of plastic pollutionwww.earthday.orgFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square100fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50arrow-down2·20 hours agoAren’t microplastics from car tires more common?
minus-squareembed_me@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoPresumably plastic pollution is a superset of microplastic pollution
minus-squareMojave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·16 hours agoI thought so too, and maybe they are using a different metric in this article, but I couldn’t tell you since their source URL is a deadline… https://www.surfrider.org/programs/beach-cleanups
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·12 hours agoI also remember Coke, Pepsi, and Nestle being claimed as the highest plastic polluters as well.
Aren’t microplastics from car tires more common?
Presumably plastic pollution is a superset of microplastic pollution
I thought so too, and maybe they are using a different metric in this article, but I couldn’t tell you since their source URL is a deadline…
https://www.surfrider.org/programs/beach-cleanups
I also remember Coke, Pepsi, and Nestle being claimed as the highest plastic polluters as well.