• @[email protected]
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    111 month ago

    I worked at a tire factory. Half the rubber used in tires is synthetic rubber, which is made from plastic. Your car tires are not made from 100% natural rubber from a tree.

    • @maniii
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      -101 month ago

      Synthetic rubber is not plastic. It is from petrochemicals but not the same chemical substance.

      • @Takumidesh
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        111 month ago

        A plastic is just a material made from polymers, you are the one adding artificial limitations on what polymers can be used. The belts in tires use both nylon and polyester which are both plastics by anyone’s definition. So even by your strict definition, tires are made up, at least in part, by plastic.