Nurdles (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Nurdles — Caption

An estimated 70-75 billion pellets of preproduction plastic material, known as nurdles, spilled into the ocean and along the Sri Lankan coastline when a fire broke out on a cargo ship in May, 2021, threatening marine life and posing a complex clean-up challenge

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