THE GREAT NURDLE HUNT

TACKLING WORLDWIDE NURDLE POLLUTION

nurdles are plastic pellets used by industry to make nearly all our plastic products
accidental spills result in large numbers of nurdles being washed out to sea
at sea nurdles can attract and concentrate background pollutants to toxic levels
mistaken for food by many animals, nurdles and the toxins coating them can enter the food chain

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27 Mar 2020
Nurdle Puzzler!

Bored at home and can’t get out nurdling??

Why not use this quick quiz to explore our website and learn all about nurdles from the comfort of your own sofa?

Download the quiz here!
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6 Mar 2020
Are you ready for the Great Global Nurdle Hunt?

With only one week left to go before 100’s of groups, organisations and individuals hit their local beach to join in the worldwide search for nurdles, we are getting excited!
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23 Jan 2020
What should you do with your collected or found nurdles?

As it’s such an impossible task, we don’t encourage our nurdle hunters to remove the nurdles, but still we often get asked the question; ‘What should I do with the nurdles I collect?’
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17 Jan 2020
Dutch NGO releases evidence of shocking nurdle pollution

Today, the Dutch NGO, Plastic Soup Foundation (PSF) has released its results of an investigation into the pollution of rivers and waterways surrounding three major ports in the Netherlands.
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18 Dec 2019
How do we tackle global pellet loss?

As a new year nurdle gift, we want to share with you a bit more detail about the work we're doing behind the scenes to try to tackle pellet pollution at source, stopping it from reaching the sea in the first place.
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