Have you ever heard of a nurdle? Me neither—until I read a Discovery story that, “Chinese oil major Sinopec on Thursday offered to help pay to clean up tonnes of plastic pellets that have fouled Hong Kong beaches since a spill at sea during a typhoon two weeks ago.”
Continued here:
Millions of Fish-Killing Plastic Pellets Wash Up on Hong Kong Beaches
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