Plastic pellets are entering our environment in astounding quantities each year, damaging the environment and posing risks to our health. Too often, companies are spilling plastic pellets into our ...

The pellets, called nurdles, were spilled from containers on board the ship that collided with the tanker off the coast of Grimsby. They are now threatening marine life and wildlife.

“It is devastating to see these plastic pellets appearing in some of the UK’s most ecologically important environments, especially for birdlife.” The charity estimates that 445,970 tonnes of ...

Plastic pellets that tumbled into the sea when a cargo ship and tanker collided off the coast of the United Kingdom are now showing up in large numbers in the water and along beaches. The Royal ...

What the authorities say... In a statement, East Lindsey District Council (ELDC) said: "ELDC's waste team are at Skegness beach now cleaning up plastic pellets (nurdles) and any other debris that ...

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Wildlife organisations have said it is a race against time to clear plastic pellets thought to have come from a collision involving two ships from beaches. The pellets are thought to have entered ...

England last week was transporting containers of microplastic pellets which have washed up on shore following the collision. The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) on Monday confirmed sitings of ...

Plastic pellets have washed up on shore following last week’s collision between the Stena Immaculate tanker and the containership Solong in the North Sea, raising concern among conservationist ...

Nurdles are 1-5 millimetre (0.04-0.2 inch) pellets of plastic resin used in plastics production. They are not toxic but can damage wildlife if ingested. "Some nurdles have now also been identified on ...