At first glance, the tiny plastic pellets appear relatively harmless. Light, buoyant and insoluble, these tiny pellets ...

The European Parliament on Thursday definitively adopted rules clamping down on pollution from the tiny pellets that ...

The Ocean Legacy Foundation aims to tackle this common plastic pollution by taking discarded fishing nets, ropes, and more ...

Spanish state prosecutors are investigating the presence of numerous small plastic pellets along the northwest coastline, spilled from a transport ship. There are fears that the pellets may have toxic ...

The European Union on Thursday approved new measures holding transport and handling firms accountable for spills of plastic ...

You might not notice nurdles on the beach at first, but once you spot one, you start to see them everywhere, Jace Tunnell ...

In a blow to local wildlife and coastal communities, countless tiny plastic pellets are littering the waters and beaches along Spain’s northern coast after containers filled with the stuff fell off a ...

Nurdles are everywhere. Never heard of them? They are the raw form of plastic resin that’s melted and molded into everything from soda bottles to clothing fabrics, from food packaging to artificial ...

NOIA, Spain — Countless tiny plastic pellets are washing up on the shores of northern Spain and local authorities declared an environmental emergency on Tuesday after a shipping container fell off a ...

Plastic pellets known as nurdles are embedded in the sand along the banks of the Hoosic River Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024 in Schaghticoke. SCHAGHTICOKE — Months after a train crashed the night of Feb. 7 ...

Plastic pellets, known as “nurdles,” like the ones pictured here have been washing up in droves on French beaches. Photo: Loretta Sze (Shutterstock) For the past year on the coast of France, the waves ...

A new report highlights the scale of environmental pollution tied to the plastic pieces, prompting calls for a clampdown on discharges into waterways. Environmentalists are re-upping their calls for ...