A new study has identified Texas as the likely source for nurdle plastic pollution on Texas and Mexico beaches. The study was led by a University of Texas Marine Science Institute graduate student, ...

Seventy-nine percent of plastic waste ends up in landfills or the environment, much of which eventually ends up in our oceans. A March 8, 2023 study, estimated the average amount of small plastics in ...

AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — Over the objections of environmental groups, a Texas agency Wednesday adopted state water quality standards that left out a proposed ban on microplastic pollution. Plastics are ...

Plastic pollution in marine environments has no border, and now neither does the Nurdle Patrol. The waters of the United States and Mexico are inextricably linked through currents of the Gulf of ...

It was disappointing but not surprising that a recent survey on Sullivan's Island found small plastic beads, commonly known as nurdles, that appeared to come from four different sources, and ...

Britain has banned everything from plastic straws to cutlery, but one type of plastic pollution keeps washing up and shows no sign of diminishing - nurdles. A mind-boggling amount of the lentil-sized ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic nurdles at the beach in Sri Lanka. (NurPhoto via Getty Images) Britain has banned everything from plastic straws to ...