Articles by Stuart Maisner

Technology

Large quantities of plastic pellets wash up on beach

The non-profit organisations Nurdle and Strandliners, as well as council officers, are working on the removal and clean-up operation. The council said further updates would be provided as more information became available. Andy Dinsdale, from Strandliners, said: "Millions of these 5mm plastic pellets are used in wastewater treatment works for cleaning water. "This is catastrophic for the fragile strandline and dune habitats at Camber." Rye resident, Juliet Duff, who helped with the clear-up operation, said the situation was "terrible". "The pollution covers about a mile and a half of the beach," she said. "We have been collecting the pellets up by hand and with dustpan and brush."