At first glance, the tiny plastic pellets appear relatively harmless.Light, buoyant and insoluble, these tiny pellets present an almost insurmountable challenge once scattered in nature.
In northwest Spain, volunteers used strainers to sift nurdles from sand along the Atlantic coast after containers full of pellets fell off a cargo vessel in late 2023.
Capitalist dictatorships, doing capitalist dictatorship things… If you or I accidentally dumped a ton of plastic in the ocean we would face huge fines. A corporation does it and volunteers have to clean up their mess.
Capitalist dictatorships, doing capitalist dictatorship things… If you or I accidentally dumped a ton of plastic in the ocean we would face huge fines. A corporation does it and volunteers have to clean up their mess.