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Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed (theconversation.com)

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[–] r4venw@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

also, why is it spelled that way?

British spelling of tire is tyre

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You mean the English spelling. Its their language

[–] aim_at_me@lemmy.nz 2 points 3 hours ago

I mean. All languages are bastard. But I'll give you the fact it is called "English" lol.

[–] Infomatics90@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

is that why its called the tyburn tree? a phonetic usage of the British language?