Burnt pellets complicate impact of plastic spill off Sri Lanka, study finds

Mongabay
Dec 30, 2021, 1:49 pm248 pts
COLOMBO — There was little relief from the scorching sun on the beach, but the volunteers kept at their work, scouring the sand for small plastic pellets known as nurdles. The nurdles, the basic building blocks for all kinds of plastic items, have fouled a massive arc of coastline along Sri Lanka’s south…

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