The minuscule spheres, typically less than 5 millimeters in diameter, are the basic building blocks of nearly all plastic ...

A pollution incident where millions of plastic pellets were washed up along the Sussex and Kent coast has been upgraded, ...

Entering 2024, North American prices for post-industrial polypropylene have continued to increase, while post-industrial polycarbonate regrind and pellets have decreased slightly. Recycled PP had seen ...

Spanish state prosecutors are investigating the presence of numerous small plastic pellets along the northwest coastline, spilled from a transport ship. There are fears that the pellets may have toxic ...

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 ...

SCHAGHTICOKE, N.Y. (WRGB) — More than two weeks after a train derailed in Valley Falls, the clean up isn’t over. Plastic pellets that spilled into the Hoosic River from one of the derailed cars are ...

The European Union has hashed out new regulations aimed at reducing the release of plastic pellets into the environment. Under the agreement reached by negotiators from the European Parliament and EU ...

The real winners of the next decade are positioning themselves—not as waste companies or recyclers—but as premium suppliers ...

ENCINITAS, Calif. (KGTV) — Tiny pieces of plastic called nurdles are being spotted along train tracks and at beaches in San Diego County. Local nonprofits tell ABC 10News that they think they know who ...

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — Local community leaders are working to raise awareness of plastic pellet pollution, a problem that remains prevalent in the Charleston area. Advocates from the Public ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill aimed at preventing plastic pellets from spilling into local waterways. The plastic pellets, known as nurdles, are the raw ...

Look on the side of a highway sometime and you might see them. Or along the railroad tracks or a stream. Maybe even between your toes at the beach. Tiny pearl-shaped pieces of plastic, known as ...