Tiny plastic pellets found on 73% of UK beaches
by Press Association from Environment | The Guardian on (#2CZ46)
Great Winter Nurdle Hunt finds thousands of pellets used in plastic production washed up on shorelines around country
A 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.
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