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Tyre particles ‘are a major source of pollution in the UK’s rivers and oceans’

That's the conclusion reached in a new report from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and the University of Plymouth, which suggests tyres are a previously largely unrecorded source of microplastics in the marine environment

Jonny Bairstow

27/05/2020 12:00 PM

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Tyre particles ‘are a major source of pollution in the UK’s rivers and oceans’

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Jonny Bairstow

Jonny is rubbish at cricket (a bit like his namesake) but very good on old bikes. A charmingly well-educated young man, he is both the most polite reporter we have had and the most laid back. A top performer who is never easily distracted his languid cool…