Oil and plastic pollution from shipwreck raises concerns, legal scrutiny in India

Mongabay
Jul 9, 2025, 2:15 pm183 ptsTrendingTop
As shiny, pearl-like white plastic pellets rode wave after wave and piled up on the beaches of Thiruvananthapuram in India’s southern state of Kerala, local residents were first bemused, then baffled. Some, more enterprising than others, began collecting them in sacks with help from the local police — a…

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