Nurdle Patrol Expands its Citizen Scientist Effort to Fight Plastic Pollution on Beaches

September 29, 2021 • by Staff Writer

Plastic pollution in marine environments has no border, and now neither does the Nurdle Patrol.

Jace Tunnell of the Nurdle Patrol on the beach crouches and picks up plastic pellets to add to a tube

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