Volunteers painstakingly gather plastic pellets washing up on beaches after ship collision on 19 July “You’ve got a local community that really cares about the coastline,” said Alice Laverty, reflecting on the huge army of volunteers who had taken to crisis-hit beaches in north-east England with ...

Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/02/nurdles-clean-up-plastic-spillage-beaches-north-east-england)

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