The pm2.5 refers to the particle diameter and incorporates any particles that are less than 2.5 micrometers in size. So particulate matter and microplastics are not necessarily a contradiction
But good that you brought it up, I did some googling and umweltdialog.de writes that microplastics from tires make up one third of Germany’s microplastics pollution! That’s an insane amount!
It’s late here, so I won’t read it today, but the Fraunhofer Research Institute did a study called “TireWearMapping”, which promises to contain a ton of information on the creation and distribution of tire based pollutants: https://www.umsicht.fraunhofer.de/de/projekte/tyrewearmapping.html
The pm2.5 refers to the particle diameter and incorporates any particles that are less than 2.5 micrometers in size. So particulate matter and microplastics are not necessarily a contradiction
But good that you brought it up, I did some googling and umweltdialog.de writes that microplastics from tires make up one third of Germany’s microplastics pollution! That’s an insane amount!
It’s late here, so I won’t read it today, but the Fraunhofer Research Institute did a study called “TireWearMapping”, which promises to contain a ton of information on the creation and distribution of tire based pollutants: https://www.umsicht.fraunhofer.de/de/projekte/tyrewearmapping.html