The recent ship collision in the North Sea has released nurdles into the sea. Nurdles are small particles of resin, used to manufacture of plastics. They are washing up on the beaches of East Yorkshire and Norfolk. Being the size of fish eggs, they are often snapped up by larger fish and marine birds. Nurdles have, of course, no intrinsic food value but convince the eater they have fed. Their ingestion may also release harmful chemicals into marine food chains (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/17/north-sea-collision-operation-to-clear-up-plastic-pellets-begins) Nurdles, may not be as dangerous as sodium cyanide (originally thought to be on the transporter ship), but they still need to be removed before they contaminate the environment.
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