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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...