SAUGATUCK, MI — Authorities say “several thousand pounds” of tiny plastic pellets spilled from a semi-trailer last month and ...

Thousands of pounds of plastic pellets, known as nurdles, spilled along I-196 and into the Kalamazoo River near Saugatuck ...

Cleanup is underway in and around Saugatuck after an estimated several thousand pounds of plastic pellets spilled along I-196 ...

Tiny plastic pellets may soon be classified as hazardous cargo, as frequent spills are polluting oceans and harming wildlife.

The U.S. state of Texas has filed a lawsuit over chemical manufacturer Dow Chemical’s alleged pollution in the Gulf of Mexico – currently referred to as the Gulf of America by the U.S. government – ...

Trillions of small plastic pellets known as nurdles have been escaping from petrochemical plants into waterways and oceans for decades. Only lately has serious action been taken to figure out what can ...

Texas AG Paxton sues Dow, Union Carbide, Braskem over Seadrift wastewater violations and plastic pellet discharges, seeking ...

Nearly five years after the catastrophic sinking of the X-Press Pearl, off Sri Lanka’s western coast, the environmental scars ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — It’s the twist to plastic pollution—plastic pellets, or nurdles, have been washing up in Charleston waterways. Some local groups are taking legal action to stop it. On Monday ...

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