Microplastic nurdles cleaned from beach after North Sea ship crash
Suction device used on Wolla Bank Beach in Lincolnshire, picking up microplastics, known as nurdles, as they have been washing ashore since a collision in the North Sea between an oil tanker and a container ship that happened in March 2025 (BBC News 1pm Bulletin - 01/05/2025 - AEXZ288W)





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2213034740
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Date created:
May 01, 2025
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00:00:31:08
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Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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