News, Alerts and Events

All the latest news, events and alerts on Nurdles and plastic pollution in our seas, beaches and the wider environment.

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On Tuesday 17th December 2024, the European Council (EC) agreed to adopt a general position on proposed regulations which aim to prevent pellet pollution from some sources in the European Union. 

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With the latest round of negotiations for a UN Global Plastics Treaty (INC5) over, we look at what happened and what it means for plastic pellet pollution in the treaty text.

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Today we are very excited to announce the results for The Great Global Nurdle Hunt 2024! Throughout September (1st – 30th  2024) volunteers and organisations have taken part in 257 nurdle hunts, gath...

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We are very excited to announce the official launch of The Great Global Nurdle Hunt 2024! Take part in a nurdle hunt between the 1st – 30th September and join volunteers around the world calling for c...

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Between the 1st – 30th September 2024 join volunteers across the world and take part in The Great Global Nurdle Hunt! Collect vital evidence of nurdle pollution to help show the global scale of the pr...

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Guest blogger Falco Martin, Fauna and Flora gives an update on the progress from the International Maritime Organisation to prevent pellet pollution

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A comprehensive global plastics treaty is an important step in addressing plastic pollution worldwide from all sources, including nurdle pollution. The treaty is a significant opportunity to address t...

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Get ready - the Great Global Nurdle Hunt is back for 2024! Join nurdle hunters around the world between the 1st- 30th September as we call for an end to global nurdle pollution!

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On Tuesday 23rd April, the Members of European Parliament (MEPs) voted overwhelmingly in favour (538 votes in favour, 32 against) of new regulation which aims to prevent nurdle pollution from some sou...

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A nurdle spill in Pennsylvania, USA is the latest in a long line of nurdle spills as a result of train derailments to occur in North America, highlighting how nurdles can be lost throughout the global...

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Large numbers of nurdles are washing up in northern Spain following the loss of shipping containers in December. A tide of nurdles are polluting the beaches of Galicia and Astoria, with fears the spil...

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A comprehensive global plastics treaty is an important step in addressing plastic pollution globally from all sources, including nurdles. The treaty offers a significant opportunity to address the iss...

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Today we launch the results from 10 years of The Great Nurdle Hunt! Between 2013 – 2023 volunteers and organisations have taken part in a nurdle hunt and helped to gather important evidence of nurdle ...

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Guest blogger Falco Martin, Fauna and Flora explores if the International Maritime Organisation will prevent pellet pollution

Falco Martin, Programme Officer, Marine Plastics and has been following dis...

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The Great Global Nurdle Hunt 2023 is underway! From the 1st – 31st October Nurdle Hunters across the world will be taking part in the world’s biggest nurdle hunt and you can join in too!

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Join us from the 1st-31st October for the world’s biggest nurdle hunt! 

Take part and join thousands of volunteers across the world gathering evidence, raising awareness and calling for an end to nurdl...

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The Great Global Nurdle Hunt ? is back! Join us 1st- 31st October 2023 and celebrate over 10 years of nurdle hunting!

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Ahead of the third round of Global Plastics Treaty negotiations you can now download Fidra’s response on plastic pellets to help in developing your own organisation's submission to the UN.

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New report maps global plastic pellet supply chain and finds countries worldwide are at risk from over 2 trillion plastic pellets spilling into the environment each year.

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Intersessional submissions ahead of INC-3 are open. Submissions relating to elements not discussed in INC-2 and areas of inter-sessional work can now be submitted to inform upcoming INC-3 negotiations...

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The short answer – Yes.

Negotiations, known as INC-2, took place in Paris, France between the 29th May – 2nd June with the aim of progressing the development of a global legally binding plastics trea...

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This week the second of five rounds of negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty have been taking place in Paris, known as the INC-2 negotiations. The treaty aims to address the issue of global plast...

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The impacts of pellet pollution are global, with organisations across the world working hard to solve the problem. 2023 has been a big year already for plastic pollution, April saw the International M...

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On Saturday 18th February 2023 Dubai’s coastline woke up to a sea of nurdles , with limited information on the scale of this spill, many are asking–where did they come from, –who was managing their mo...