Hägg, Fanny; Herzke, Dorte; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Booth, Andy; Sperre, Kristine Hopland; Sørensen, Lisbet; Egeness, Mari Jystad; Halsband, Claudia (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-10-12)
Car tire rubber constitutes one of the largest fractions of microplastics emissions to
the environment. The two main emission sources are tire wear particles (TWPs)
formed through abrasion during driving and runoff of crumb rubber (CR) granulate
produced from end-of-life tires that is used as infill on artificial sports fields. Both tire
wear particles and crumb rubber contain a complex mixture ...