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Tiny pellets called ‘nurdles’ are leeching into the ocean. A new Shell plant could produce 80 trillion of them a year.

August 21, 2019 By musthavesla

Small plastic pellets called "nurdles" are a major source of pollution around the world. Each year, around 250,000 tons of nurdles leach into the ocean, where they’re at risk of getting ingested by marine animals. A new Shell facility north of Pittsburgh intends to produce 80 trillion nurdles each year. The nurdles will be sent […]