Operation begins after thousands of nurdles, which pose a danger to wildlife, were spotted on England’s east coastAn operation is under way to retrieve thousands of plastic pellets from the North Sea that were spilt in a collision between two ships last week, in which one man died.The coastguard said the pellets, made of plastic resin and known as nurdles, were spotted by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and have begun to wash up on beaches in East Yorkshire and the surrounding coast. Continue reading...
An operation is underway to clean up thousands of plastic pellets (nurdles) spilled into the North Sea after a collision between a container ship and a tanker. The pellets, spotted on England's east coast, pose a threat to wildlife. A Filipino national is presumed dead from the collision.
