Countless plastic beads are washing ashore in France, and officials are stumped as to how to deal with the environmental disaster. Reading time 3 minutes For the past year on the coast of France, the ...

Floating drifts of bead-sized white pieces of plastic washed up on the Sullivan's Island beach on Thursday, mostly along a private seawall near Station 12. The foamed plastic were light enough to ...

In early November, "millions" of black plastic beads began washing ashore on Camber Sands beach in East Sussex. On Nov. 8, the Guardian reported that local volunteers scrambled to the shoreline to ...

Plastic pellets known as nurdles are embedded in the sand along the banks of the Hoosic River Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024 in Schaghticoke. SCHAGHTICOKE — Months after a train crashed the night of Feb. 7 ...

Local environmentalists are asking questions after thousands of plastic pellets showed up on local beaches recently. The highest concentration seems to be in the area of Bob Hall Pier. The plastic ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers are considering legislation to better regulate companies polluting the state’s waters with tiny plastic pellets. A Senate subcommittee advanced a bill ...

Tiny plastic beads from beauty products are showing up in North America's Great Lakes, and an environmental group is calling upon companies to stop using the plastic particles. (Reuters) - Tiny ...