After clumps of burnt plastic ‘nurdles’ were washed ashore following an incident in the North Sea, teams from East Lindsey District Council have been cleaning up the plastic pellets from the beach.
As of Friday 28 March at 2pm, 10.18 tonnes of this material have been collected and brought to Lincolnshire County Council’s waste transfer station in Louth. Here, it will be bulked up and sent for safe disposal via energy from waste.
Thanks to reports from members of the public, the clean-up operation has been able to focus on the areas worst affected and quickly remove the plastic pollution from the shoreline. This work continues as more pollutants continue to wash up.
As crews focus on clearing the beaches and removing these pollutants from the environment, there may be a delay in emptying litter bins or street cleaning elsewhere in East Lindsey.
If you see any of the pellets, please leave them where they are, keep children and dogs away, and report them so they can be safely removed. You can report ‘nurdle’ pollution online at www.north-norfolk.gov.uk/plastic-nurdles this will then be distributed to the relevant authority for clean up.
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