Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A snapshot of "nurdles" — tiny plastic pellets that are the basic building blocks of nearly all plastic products. A snapshot of ...

Citizen scientists from around the world have helped bring awareness to an often-overlooked aspect of plastic pollution: pre-production plastic pellets, also known as "nurdles." By participating in ...

Countless plastic beads are washing ashore in France, and officials are stumped as to how to deal with the environmental disaster. Reading time 3 minutes For the past year on the coast of France, the ...

HOPEWELL, Va. (WRIC) — Advocates from Environment Virginia are bringing awareness to the trillions of plastic pellets that enter waterways every year. The pellets, called nurdles, are the building ...

Huge numbers of tiny plastic pellets have been washing up on the beaches of Galicia in Spain, much to the dismay of residents. Millions of the tiny plastic beads, also known as nurdles or mermaid ...

From the Galapagos Islands to India, tiny plastic pellets known as nurdles are turning up in some of the world’s most ecologically sensitive places. A new report by charity Fidra has found they are ...

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — Local community leaders are working to raise awareness of plastic pellet pollution, a problem that remains prevalent in the Charleston area. Advocates from the Public ...

French beaches, once pristine havens for tourists and locals alike, are now battling an invisible enemy. While littering remains a persistent issue, a more insidious form of pollution has taken center ...

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 ...

Tiny plastic pellets called nurdles are a major source of global pollution, littering waterways, harming ecosystems and threatening marine life. But plastic pellet pollution is preventable, according ...

Seadrift, Texas — Aboard an aluminum skiff or one of her five kayaks, fourth-generation shrimper and fisherwoman Diane Wilson often plies the coastal bays and streams near her tiny hometown of ...