17-02-2017 01:01 via theguardian.com

Tiny plastic pellets found on 73% of UK beaches

Great Winter Nurdle Hunt finds thousands of pellets used in plastic production washed up on shorelines around countryA search of hundreds of beaches across the UK has found almost three-quarters of them are littered with tiny plastic pellets.The lentil-size pellets known as “nurdles” are used as a raw material by industry to make new plastic products.Continue reading...
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