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Acute Spill - Galicia, Spain Resources
All links to resources associated with the December 2023, Galicia, Spain
On the 8th December 2023 a shipping container, Toconao lost multiple containers during bad weather off the Portuguese coast.
News coverage of the event peaked across January when the scale of the pellet spill was realised.
Several NGOs have been on the scene to remove plastic pellets from the local beaches
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Language: English
Attached Files
| File | Action |
|---|---|
| News item | Download |
| Galicia case study | Download |
| Petition calling to stop marine pellet pollution through better regulation | Download |
| European Union Debate on the Plastic Pellet Catastrophe. Galicia, Spain | Download |
| Image from spill - coastal shot | Download |
| Image from spill - coastal shot | Download |
| Image from spill - pellets in volunteer hands | Download |