08 Sep 2026
Port boss calls for nurdle reclassification after billion-pellet North Sea spill
Photo by Soren Funk An estimated one billion plastic pellets, known as nurdles, entered the River Tyne and North Sea after a collision between two vessels at the Port of Tyne on 19 July, and have since washed up on beaches across north-east England. Six weeks on, the port’s chief executive has joined calls […]