An operation is under way in west Norfolk to remove nurdles released from a container ship which collided with a tanker in the North Sea.
A cleanup operation is underway on Norfolk beaches to remove plastic nurdles that washed ashore after a ship collision in the North Sea on March 10. King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Council expects the cleanup to take weeks, focusing initially on beaches between Holme-next-the-Sea and Old Hunstanton. The nurdles, released when the container ship Solong crashed into the anchored tanker Stena Immaculate, pose a threat to wildlife. A sailor from the Solong is missing and presumed dead.
