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December 20, 2021 01:54 pm GMT

Nurdles: the plastic pellets toxifying the oceans

Nurdles are lentil-sized pellets of plasticspolyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, and so onthat are used to make everything from consumer goods to the containers we ship them in. They're an environmental terror, not least because they look like food to aquatic life. Some 230,000 tons of them are set afloat on the high seas every year.Read the rest


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