This substance could revolutionize human waste

"but what if we could make microplastic faster?" this is pathetic greenwashing from hyundai

You know what you call 365 rubber condoms recycled to make a tire?

Goodyear

New Bubber

I wonder if this technology would work on some of the tires we're pulling out of the ocean

Trains. The solution is trains

Mitchell, your arms are looking more muscular

I love actually GOOD news!! ❤

Cooling things at industrial scales can be pricey. I'll grant the science works but do the economics?

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We should all use cat litter instead of toilets.

This seems like a great way of adding even more microplastics and micro rubber particles into our water, air, and soil, faster than what we're already doing

That all sounds very good, even if it doesn't try solving the root issue, it's still a good project and can be used as a clean-up method. But I'm ready interested in how it will be able to scale-up and actually be integrated in everyday products.

While this is a fun lab experiment it's completely infeasible to scale up. Not to mention that there's also a lot of unrecoverable tyre waste that contributes to at least 25% of microplastic pollution. It's more sustainable to build our urban environments around humans instead of cars, but manufacturers will always invest pennies into lab research like this to deflect scrutiny and continue raking in cash from consumers of car-related products

thank you asapSCIENCE! your optimism and entertaining videos make my evenings much more than they would have been.

what's the bet poor people will pay for this to happen through taxes while drivers continue to get billions in fuel subsidies?

With the increased knowledge of the dangers of microplastics more recently, my mind instantly fears the consequences of consumption of micro rubber. With it being used in roads, it seems very easy for this to eventually end up in water that is consumed by animals.

They should focus on tires that don't pollute the environment with rubber particles while driving.

I never thought I’d see a Kitchen Aid mixer in a chem lab. Pretty cool!

It would be better to burn them for energy.

Downcycling tires is something you hear about every few years. Surprisingly underwhelming.

Not to mention all the tire dust falling on the roads

If you are using silicone around the base of your toilet, you don’t know anything about installing toilets. Also, Hyundai makes junky vehicles. How does it help the environment when their vehicles last half as long or less than quality automobile brands?

Do they still continue to leach chemicals in their crumb form?

What about the lithium and other poisons that are in the batteries? As of now, I believe there's no recycling of the extremely toxic materials in these 'green' electric/hybrid cars/trucks/motorcycles/scooters/bicycles/etc.
When electric vehicles ignite, the off gassing is the most toxic emergency that firefighters fight. And, the thousands and thousands 18-50k gallons of water to extinguish a car fire becomes extremely toxic water that bleeds into the surrounding environment. And after the fire, the firefighters have toxic levels of materials in their clothing even after 4 wish cycles. Imagine the surrounding soil and bodies of water that the poisons contaminate. Old batteries and poisons from fires are unfortunately not discussed yet.