EIA – Spain Spill Plastic Pellet Supply Chain Infographic (English)
This infographic shows the plastic pellet supply chain including sources and and intended destination of the plastic pellets that came…
Fidra – Responding to environmental disasters – Chronic pellet losses – Webinar
Fidra – Responding to environmental disasters – Acute pellet spills – Webinar
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…
Acute Spill – X-press pearl Resources
Resources linked to X-press Pearl the environmental disaster that impacted Sri Lanka’s coast
US Train Derailment News items
America has a large issue with train derailments often these trains that derail contain nurdles which then spill into the environment.
Euronews – EU Policy. Spanish plastic pellet spill galvanises EU efforts to limit microplastic pollution – News Article
The EU have created a bill to prevent microplastic pollution, but with the recent spill 50km of the coast of Portugal in December 2023 has EU lawmakers considering expanding the scope to tighten the bill
A Coruña – Bedeko Europe holds the shipping company Maersk responsible for the dumping of pellets on the Galician coast- News Article
Who is responsible for the dumping of plastic pellets on the Galician coast?
European Union – Debate on plastic pellets catastrophe in Europe – Plenary Session
In December 2023 6 containers spilled into the ocean causing an ecological catastrophe involving plastic pellet losses and its impact on micro plastic pollution in the maritime and coastal habitats. This debate took place in the European Parliament as a response the the Galicia environmental disaster.
Centre of Environmental Justice – X-press Pearl Sri Lanka shipping disaster – Video content
The Sri Lanka Centre of Environmental Justice has produced a video series on the public experience of the X-Press Pearl disaster alongside a cartoon video to raise awareness of the incident to the public