This Saturday 13th November, 50 volunteers participated in the beach clean-up organised together with Surfrider Foundation Europe and with the collaboration of Vilaseca Town Council, to denounce the presence of plastic pellets on the beach of La Pineda. Pellet contamination in the area is recurrent and constant. The pellets that are found are of different […]
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This past June, Surfrider Foundation Europe and Good Karma Projects embarked on a 10-day scientific expedition between Tarragona and the Balearic Islands, confirming that pollution by plastic pellets in the Mediterranean is general and alarming, and that solutions are necessary. Today we publish this video to make visible the impact of pellets in the Mediterranean
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The past 18 June we got involved in a new expedition, in order to keep researching the presence of pellets in the Mediterranean. This time we have done it with Surfrider Europe in an expedition towards to Baleares Islands. This time we have done it with Surfrider Europe in an expedition towards to Baleares Islands.
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This week we had the pleasure of presenting during the CONAMA 2020 (National Environmental Congress) held in Madrid between May 31 and June 3, the progress of our study of contamination by pellets in Tarragona. The study was presented in block ST-46 Trash Marinas on Monday afternoon. The study that we are carrying out from
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Every year up to 10 trillion plastic pellets end up on the environment. Pellets are the raw material used to make plastic products. Plastic pellets, also known as nurdles or mermaid’s tears, are small spheres that are used as a raw material in the manufacture of almost all plastic items. Due to their small size
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Every hour thousands of plastics enter our oceans and that has become obvious in most of the places we know. A normal day at the beach can become quite interesting if you decide to check how much plastic you can find, and even more interesting, if your beach is next to a commercial port. Do
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