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  2. Plastic pellet pollution - Wikipedia

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    Plastic "nurdle" pellets on a beach in southwest France, 2011. Plastic pellet pollution is a type of marine debris originating from the plastic particles that are universally used to manufacture large-scale plastics. In the context of plastic pollution, these pre-production plastic pellets are commonly known as 'nurdles'. [1]

  3. Marine plastic pollution - Wikipedia

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    Plastic pellet pollution is a type of marine debris originating from the plastic particles that are universally used to manufacture large-scale plastics. In the context of plastic pollution , these pre-production plastic pellets are commonly known as 'nurdles'. [ 71 ]

  4. Nurdle (bead) - Wikipedia

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    The pellets find their way into the ocean in a multitude of ways, including accidental spills in transport, and move quickly as they are small enough to be blown around by wind and also float on water. [7] As nurdles stay out in the world they continue to break down and get even smaller than previously recorded.

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  6. Plastic pollution - Wikipedia

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    Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth's environment that adversely affects humans, wildlife and their habitat. [1] [2] Plastics that act as pollutants are categorized by size into micro-, meso-, or macro debris. [3]

  7. South Pacific garbage patch - Wikipedia

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    The South Pacific garbage patch is an area of ocean with increased levels of marine debris and plastic particle pollution, within the ocean's pelagic zone. This area is in the South Pacific Gyre , which itself spans from waters east of Australia to the South American continent, as far north as the Equator , and south until reaching the ...

  8. New Report Says Texas Waterway Pollution Worst in the Nation

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    Texas has the dubious distinction of leading the nation in polluted waterways. A new report draws upon self disclosed data by industrial facilities provided to the EPA. The study counted 17 ...

  9. North Atlantic garbage patch - Wikipedia

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    The garbage patch is a large risk to wildlife (and to humans) through plastic consumption and entanglement. [ 7 ] There have only been a few awareness and clean-up efforts for the North Atlantic garbage patch, such as The Garbage Patch State at UNESCO and The Ocean Cleanup , as most of the research and cleanup efforts have been focused on the ...