Most plastic on our beaches could have come from anywhere. But not the Durban nurdle
When tiny pieces of plastic that were spilled on other side of the world start washing up on your beaches, who is responsible for cleaning them up?
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(ABC RN: Fiona Pepper) (Note: ABC RN is Australian Broadcasting Commission Radio National, Fiona Pepper is the journalist/reporter for RN radio programme Off Track. The audio of this program is also found at the link.)
The full report is to be found at the link. Due to copyright, I cannot repost content here. The ABC article was first posted on their website on 13th July, 2019, so it is a current, up-to-date news article.
Nurdle - Wikipedia
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According to Wikipedia, a nurdle is defined as:
- Nurdle (bead), a pre-production microplastic pellet about the size of a pea
- Plastic resin pellet pollution, nurdles as marine debris
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