In March 2025, a collision out in the North Sea led to millions of tiny plastic pellets reaching our shores. A mass clear-up ...

The presence of small plastic pellets on the beaches of Donostia and Orio has drawn attention to a little-studied source of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A snapshot of "nurdles" collected from Galveston, Texas, shorelines shows the condition of these plastics as they weather in the ...

Environmental regulators call the discharge a “continuing” violation and want to know how much of the truck’s 26,000-pound ...

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 ...

This Crain’s Forum on the emerging threat of microplastics pollution in the Great Lakes is a joint project of the newsrooms of Crain’s Chicago Business and Crain's Detroit Business. McDonald's Corp.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An employee holds plastic pellets in a production area of a company. The European Union has hashed out new regulations aimed at ...

Nurdles aren't considered toxic or hazardous materials and there's no known risk to public health. However, they're difficult ...

Editor’s note: This is the second entry in a series examining the causes, impacts and solutions to plastic pollution in the Great Lakes. Read the first, third and fourth entries here. BENTON HARBOR, ...

A company that transports plastic pellets agreed to pay $1 million to settle a pollution lawsuit, almost two years after clusters of the tiny rice-sized nuggets were spotted on Charleston-area beaches ...

Millions of plastic pellets spilled into the Mississippi River last month. Afterward, activists and researchers say, government agencies dragged their feet, with no one wanting to claim responsibility ...

Look on the side of a highway sometime and you might see them. Or along the railroad tracks or a stream. Maybe even between your toes at the beach. Tiny pearl-shaped pieces of plastic, known as ...