I-196, tiny white plastic pellets known as "nurdles" are still scattered along the Kalamazoo River corridor near Saugatuck. A ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While they can be found in various sizes and colours, most plastic pellets are white and the size of a grain of rice. (Submitted ...

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, ...

Spanish state prosecutors are investigating the presence of numerous small plastic pellets along the northwest coastline, spilled from a transport ship. There are fears that the pellets may have toxic ...

COLUMBIA — South Carolina senators are considering legislation to crack down on companies that pollute the state's waters with tiny plastic pellets. A Senate Medical Affairs subcommittee voted 3-2 ...

The beautiful beaches of Sri Lanka are a little more white and a lot less beautiful after a cargo ship carrying 76 metric tons of plastic pellets caught fire, spilling the resin out into the ocean and ...

MUSTANG ISLAND, Texas — Jace Tunnell shuffled forward near the water’s edge, head bent. He was hunting for something that shouldn’t be on this beach near Corpus Christi, and he kept finding it. Hidden ...

NOIA, Spain — Countless tiny plastic pellets are washing up on the shores of northern Spain and local authorities declared an environmental emergency on Tuesday after a shipping container fell off a ...

It isn't surprising that individual resin pellets are very tricky items to keep track of. Even companies following every recommendation of Operation Clean Sweep, doing their best to seal off any point ...