A coalition of leading European environmental groups has cautiously welcomed a “landmark” agreement by lawmakers in Brussels ...

The new rules will help improve the handling of plastic pellets at all stages of the supply chain, both on land and sea. Microplastics, including plastic pellets are now found everywhere — in our ...

The European Council estimated that 52,000-184,000 metric tons of pellets were spilled into surrounding environments in 2019.

Most importantly, they are considering whether to classify plastic pellets as hazardous substances. If pellets are classified as hazardous, ships would face stricter handling rules. Spills would ...

The European Council and Parliament have provisionally agreed to implement new rules that should reduce microplastic pollution on land and at sea by placing stricter due diligence requirements on ...

Most importantly, they are considering whether to classify plastic pellets as hazardous substances. If pellets are labelled as hazardous, ships will face stricter handling rules. Spills would ...

Around 1,000 toxic plastic pellets have been sucked up from a Norfolk beach by a giant vacuum cleaner. The tiny grains - known as nurdles - and charred chunks of larger debris began washing onto ...

while companies handling over 1,500 tonnes of plastic pellets a year will have to obtain independent certification of conformity with the new rules. Despite the resultant exemptions for swathes of ...