Great Nurdle Hunt event ( plastic pellet survey)
Sun, 08 Sept
|Shanklin
Come and help look for Nurdles- (plastic pellets which sadly pollute our marine environment) and help contribute to global data to prevent plastic pollution.
Time & Location
08 Sept 2024, 17:30 – 18:30
Shanklin, Esplanade, Shanklin PO37 6BG, UK
About the event
#Nurdles are a major source of primary plastic pollution worldwide, with over 445,000 tonnes entering the environment each year! Sadly we find these on many of our IOW beaches.
Nurdles are the feedstock that are used to create all our plastic goods and get lost through container spills or mismanagement along the supply chain. Most of this loss is preventable so recording the extent of the problem FIDRA hope to push for global policy change.
Take part in #TheGreatGlobalNurdleHunt and join calls for a strong #PlasticsTreaty to address global nurdle pollution👉 https://www.nurdlehunt.org.uk/take-part/the-great-global-nurdle-hunt.html
Family friendly event. Come for as long or as little as you like.
What to bring: suitable layers for the weather, protective gloves if you have them, if dry an old sieve to seive the sand and a plastic pot - but we have spare gloves, pots etc if you don't have one.