Today, the Council adopted the regulation on preventing the loss of plastic pellets into the environment, following a provisional agreement with the European Parliament. The new regulation aims to ...

Hundreds of thousands of tiny plastic pellets used to make bags, bottles and other plastic items are being washed into B.C. waterways and the province isn’t doing enough to stop it, says a group ...

Today, the Council and the European Parliament provisionally agreed on a regulation on preventing the loss of plastic pellets – the industrial raw materials used to make plastic products – into the ...

Lentil-sized and toxic, industrial plastic pellets known as "nurdles" – or "mermaid's tears" – are the second-largest source of microplastic pollution worldwide, with hundreds of thousands of tonnes ...

It’s time for industry accountability through stronger EU regulation to prevent plastic pellet loss. Picture this: A beach lined with people on their hands and knees sieving sand. It’s not a ...