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25 Nov 2025

Bio-bead pollution spreads to Rye Harbour saltmarsh as clean-up continues

Photo by Annie Spratt Plastic bio-bead pollution from a Southern Water treatment works failure has now been found in the sensitive saltmarsh habitat at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, approximately two miles south-west of Camber Sands where millions of the pellets first washed ashore in early November. Sussex Wildlife Trust confirmed on 14 November that monitoring had […]

11 Oct 2017

Sewage plants are leaking millions of tiny plastic beads into Britain’s seas

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Guardian, Mathew Taylor Sewage plants are contributing to plastic pollution of the ocean with millions of tiny beads spilling into the seas around the UK, according to a new report. Dozens of UK wastewater treatment plants use tiny plastic pellets, known as Bio-Beads, to filter chemical and organic contaminants from sewage, according to a study from […]