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Rubber counts as microplastic pollution, because it has the same effects: It will not biodegrade, is not healthy to have in your body, but will accumulate there
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_pollution
Is there an alternative to rubber tires that does biodegrade?
No afaik but I'd bet there's at least someone working on that - it's needed asap, as car tires shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment.
Wow, that's a lot higher than I expected.
Whoever comes up with a viable solution stands to make a lot of money.