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Spain’s Galician coast inundated by millions of tiny plastic ‘nurdles’

Por: MarketWatch Business January 09, 2024

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The pellets reportedly began showing up in Spain around Dec. 13. Liberian registered charter vessel Toconao lost six containers belonging to the the Danish shipping company A.P. Moeller-Maersk in deep sea some 50 miles off the Galician coast of Spain on Dec. 8, explained Rainer Horn, senior press officer at the Danish shipping giant, in an emailed statement. Horn said both Spanish and Portuguese coast guards were immediately notified and “none... + full article



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