Spanish prosecutors opened an investigation after a growing number of tiny plastic pellets continued washing up on shores of northwestern Spain, Spanish daily El Pais reported on Monday. Almost a ...

Tiny plastic pellets have washed up on the shore following a collision between a tanker and a cargo vessel in the North Sea, the coastguard has said. The US-flagged Stena Immaculate tanker, carrying ...

Countless tiny plastic pellets are washing up on the shores of northern Spain and local authorities have declared an environmental emergency after a shipping container fell off a transport vessel last ...

In a blow to local wildlife and coastal communities, countless tiny plastic pellets are littering the waters and beaches along Spain’s northern coast after containers filled with the stuff fell off a ...

Billions of lentil-sized plastic pellets, known as nurdles, are spewing out of Britain’s factories into the environment each year and posing a significant risk to wildlife, according to an alarming ...

Plastic pellets which can be a risk to wildlife have washed up on shore following the collision between a tanker and a container ship in the North Sea, the coastguard has said. Conservationists said ...

Flintshire was reported to have a £40m backlog of road repairs Recycled plastic has been used to resurface a road in Flintshire as part of a trial scheme. Pellets made from the waste material were ...

About 450,000 plastic pellets, known as "nurdles", have been found on a single beach in Fife as part of a UK-wide survey. North Queensferry, about 12 miles from the Ineos Polymers plant where nurdles ...