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epa11073283 A volunteer collects pellets from the sand on Ameixoeira beach in O Grove, Galicia, Spain, 13 January 2024. Last 13 December 2023, the NGO 'Noia Limpa' informed about the arrival of damaged bags filled with pellets to the Galician coasts. (ANSA)
The sandy beaches of Spain’s northwestern Galicia region have been inundated with millions of plastic pellets, sometimes referred to as “nurdles” or “mermaid tears,” reported Reuters. …
Galicia authorities have activated an environmental alert due to tiny balls of plastic washing up on the coast in the region, after a boat lost 15 tons of the.