The good news: The majority of ocean microplastics come from one source, which means we could dramatically reduce their occurrence by focusing on just one solution.

The bad news: It's car tires. https://www.thedrive.com/news/tire-dust-makes-up-the-majority-of-ocean-microplastics-study-finds 

 @1768aa1c You’d almost think excellent public transport would solve a lot of the world’s problems instead of small personally-owned vehicles that spend much of their time stationary.