“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” - Margaret Mead

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/17/nurdle-collecting-plastic-pellets-beaches

https://strandliners.org/
#Strandliners #CitizenScience

A plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world’s oceans—
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281596

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/29/nurdles-plastic-pellets-environmental-ocean-spills-toxic-waste-not-classified-hazardous
#nurdles #plasticpellets #toxicwaste #oceans #MarineBiology

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es0010498
#microplastics #fossilfuels