Environmental groups, company settle suit involving plastic pellets on Sullivanâs Island beach
VIDEO: Environmental groups, company settle suit involving plastic pellets on Sullivan s Island beach By Live 5 Web Staff | March 3, 2021 at 6:41 PM EST - Updated March 3 at 6:41 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit between two environmental groups and a company involving plastic pellets that washed up on Sullivanâs Island in the summer of 2019.
Charleston Waterkeeper and the South Carolina Coastal Conservation League blamed Frontier Logistics for the plastic pellets, known as nurdles, that washed up on the beach and filed a suit against the company.
settlement after it was accused of releasing plastic packaging pellets into Charleston Harbor.
The settlement is still pending court approval but was filed publicly and settled March 3, according to a new release from the
Southern Environmental Law Center. The settlement specifies that the agreement doesn’t indicate that accusations against Frontier were proven.
The $1 million settlement will be paid in four installments and deposited into an account that will fund water-quality improvements in the Charleston Harbor watershed, the release said. Another $225,000 will go toward paying for attorneys fees and expert costs, the settlement said.
“The ultimate goals of this lawsuit were to stop plastic pellets from polluting Charleston waterways and to compensate for the harm caused by that kind of plastic pollution,” said Catherine Wannamaker, a senior SELC attorney. “We’re pleased to say that has been accomplished.”
The Charleston Waterkeeper is partnering with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science to test Lowcountry waterways.
Disposable face masks and gloves can cause harm to wildlife Improper disposal of face masks impacts environment. (Source: Shutterstock) By Maira Ansari | January 3, 2021 at 9:48 AM CST - Updated January 3 at 5:22 PM
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE/WCBD) - Joining the plastic bottles and bags littering the world are disposable masks and gloves. You’ve probably noticed them in parking lots and sidewalks. That’s not the only place they are showing up.
According to WCBD, an NBC affiliate in Charleston, South Carolina,
Environmental experts are trying to figure out what damage that could do to wildlife.
Andrew Wunderley of the Charleston Waterkeeper told WCBD, the most common misconception is that disposable face masks are made of cloth, when they actually are woven plastic. Wunderly says they can be detrimental if left behind.
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