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 ...
Today, the Council adopted the regulation on preventing the loss of plastic pellets into the environment, following a provisional agreement with the European Parliament. The new regulation aims to ...
Today, the Council adopted its position ('general approach') on a regulation on preventing the loss of plastic pellets – the industrial raw materials used to make plastic products – to the environment ...
A recent spill of bio-beads – small plastic pellets used by some wastewater treatment facilities since the 1990s – has brought renewed attention to a problem that has been quietly accumulating in ...
As of the 16 December 2025, new regulatory obligations for the handling of plastic pellets take effect in the European Union. The Regulation (EU) 2025/2365 on preventing plastic pellet losses to ...
SULLIVAN'S ISLAND — Andrew Wunderley walked along the beach on Sullivan’s Island, turning his attention from the crashing waves to the line of debris that washed up during high tide. He crouched in ...
It was disappointing but not surprising that a recent survey on Sullivan's Island found small plastic beads, commonly known as nurdles, that appeared to come from four different sources, and ...
SAUGATUCK, MI — The white plastic pellets that spilled into the Kalamazoo River are small enough to fit several on a fingernail. They’re also part of a much larger problem. The “nurdles” that ...
(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- Global Plastic Pellets Market Size and Forecast 2032 signals a strong industrial trajectory, with the market valued at USD 9.1 Billion in 2025 and projected to ...