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'Environmental disaster' fears after one billion plastic pellets enter River Tyne
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'Environmental disaster' fears after one billion plastic pellets enter River Tyne
The incident has been dubbed Europe’s worst ever nurdle pollution incident. On 19 July tonnes of tiny beads, known as nurdles, entered the River Tyne when a vessel struck a shipping container in South Shields
6 Aug, 15:38
The Guardian
One billion plastic pellets spilled into River Tyne after two ships collide
Up to 25 tonnes of nurdles, the raw material for plastic manufacturing, have spread further than initially feared
Approximately a billion tiny plastic nurdles have entered the River Tyne after a “devastating spill”, with the pellets thought to have spread much further than first thought.
Nurdles, which are usually 1mm-5mm in size, act as the raw material to manufacture most plastic products.
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