Sewage plants are leaking millions of tiny plastic beads into Britain's seas

The plastic beads used for filtering sewage are hard to spot and pose a risk to wildlife, according to a new reportSewage plants are contributing to plastic pollution in the oceans with millions of tiny beads spilling into the seas around the UK, according to a new report.Dozens of UK wastewater treatment plants use tiny plastic pellets, known as Bio-Beads, to filter chemical and organic contaminants from sewage, according to a study from the Cornish Plastic Pollution Coalition (CPPC). Continue