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The U.S. Tire Industry Seeks to Better Understand and Mitigate Road Wear Particles

3BL Media

But that critical grip also leads to abrasion of both the tire and the road surface, producing tiny debris called tire and road wear particles, or TRWP. It has also built a public-facing website to provide a multimedia introduction to the topic of TRWP and a detailed account of the studies it has sponsored to date.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

Throughout the subsequent decade, the concept was embraced by countries including Austria, Denmark, Germany, Russia and Switzerland, but it wasn’t until 1975 that the first International Women’s Day was celebrated and adopted by the United Nations. The idea of a day celebrating the accomplishments of the female gender in the U.S.