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…
Seas at Risk and Partners – European Pellet Hunt – Resource pack
This is a 10 day hunt from the 15th – 23rd April 2024. It is to build moment for EU regulation to prevent pellet spills. Use the Resources to help start your pellet hunt!
Case Study – Galicia nurdle spill December 2023
Following the loss of a container holding plastic pellets from a transport ship, millions of plastic pellets began to wash up on the beaches of Galicia, Spain.
Centre for Environmental Justice – Risk Communication Strategy for maritime disasters – Report
This publication aims to provide an overarching strategy to strengthen risk communications related to maritime disasters in Sri Lanka.
Surfrider Foundation – Open letter to the Members of European Parliment – Plastic pellet crisis exposes weakness in proposed EU regulation – Open Letter
This open letter to MEPs is in response to yet another shipping container incident where plastic pellets have been lost overboard and are washing up on shores across the west coast of Europe.
Fauna & Flora – Petition calling for the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to end plastic pellet pollution
It’s critical that decisive action is taken as quickly as possible to classify plastic pellets as a marine pollutant and bring in stricter shipping regulations.
Scroll – Nurdle spill off the Coast of Mumbai and Palghar beaches – News Article
On 23rd July 2023, Hanwha TotalEnergies sacks and loose pellets began to wash up across the Mumbai coast of India….
Fidra – Nurdle spill off the Coast of Dubai – News Article
On 18th February 2023, Dubai’s coastline woke up to a sea of nurdles, with limited information on the scale of this spill, many are…
Fauna and Flora – IMO petition messaging
Fauna and Flora petition to influence the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to classify plastic pellets as a marine pollutant. The…
Fidra – Maritime Solutions: Classification of pellets as harmful at sea – Solutions to Pellet Pollution Series Webinar
This is our first webinar in the ‘Solutions to pellet pollution series’.
Speakers discuss the importance of maritime solutions in preventing plastic pellet spills at sea.