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Reducing the Release of Microplastic from Tire Wear: Nordic Efforts
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Tire wear is the single most important source of microplastic particles in the Nordic countries. Commissioned by the Nordic Working Group for Circular Economy (NCE), NIVA has assessed the Nordic efforts on microplastic leaching from tire wear to the marine environment. This report addresses five key questions; what measures have been identified, what actions have been taken, how has the work been organized, which good practices can be instructive, and what recommendations can be made for the Nordic countries? Our findings indicate that none of the Nordic countries have implemented specific measures against microplastic leaching from roads to the marine environment. Targeted efforts against particle pollution from road and tire wear in general may cover microplastic as well. The report describes relevant measures and their implementation in the Nordic countries and provides recommendations for future work.
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Microplastics likely need to be heavier than water or >80 μm in size to settle.
“In order for microplastics to settle, the particles likely need to be heavier than water or > 80 μ m in size (Skumlien Furuseth and St ø hle R ø dland, 2020).”
From Review of emerging contaminants in green stormwater infrastructure: antibiotic resistance genes, microplastics, tire wear particles, PFAS, and temperature (2024) · cites this paper as Skumlien Furuseth and Støhle Rødland, 2020
The Sedimentation traps/gully-pots section says gully-pots are effective for large (>80 µm) and heavy particles, and that faster water flow makes tire particles harder to settle. This supports the size and weight considerations, but not the claim that microplastics generally need to meet either condition to settle; the passage concerns retention in gully-pots, not a universal settling threshold. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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Metadata
- Authors
- Skumlien Furuseth, I., & Støhle Rødland, E.
- Publisher
- Nordic Council of Ministers
- Published
- 2020-12-31
- OpenAlex
- W3118674277
- Cited by
- 13
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1
- Type
- report
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Diva portal (Dalarna University Library) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- NORA - Norwegian Open Research Archives (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanics of Materials › Tribology and Wear Analysis
- Keywords
- microplastics, tire wear, tire wear particles, microplastic emissions, circular economy, Nordic countries
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