LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — Local community leaders are working to raise awareness of plastic pellet pollution, a problem that remains prevalent in the Charleston area. Advocates from the Public ...

These tiny plastic pellets, barely visible to the naked eye, are wreaking havoc on coastal ecosystems. Plastic nurdles, also ...

In a blow to local wildlife and coastal communities, countless tiny plastic pellets are littering the waters and beaches along Spain's northern coast after containers filled with the stuff fell ...

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing [email protected]. Huge numbers of tiny plastic pellets have been washing up on the beaches of Galicia in Spain, much to the dismay of residents.

BEAVER, Pa.—Standing on the muddy edge of the Ohio River, James Cato held up a single nurdle, a plastic pellet the size of a lentil. Mr. Cato set a timer for 10 minutes, and within seconds about ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A local effort to clean up plastic pellets found on the beaches of Corpus Christi has now evolved into a global scientific initiative. Since 2018, the Nurdle Patrol has ...

Plastic pellets known as nurdles are embedded in the sand along the banks of the Hoosic River Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024 in Schaghticoke. SCHAGHTICOKE — Months after a train crashed the night of ...

Plastic pellets that spilled into the Hoosic River from one of the derailed cars are still being collected from the water. The plastic pellets, commonly known as nurdles, are not just in the water ...

Small plastic pellets washed up on the east coast of the UK, a week after two ships collided in the country’s waters. Nurdles, which are used to make plastic products and are usually just a few ...

Today, the Council and the European Parliament provisionally agreed on a regulation on preventing the loss of plastic pellets – the industrial raw materials used to make plastic products – into the ...