Nurdles, plastic production pellets - Recycle Devon

Nurdles, plastic production pellets

Plastic bottle factory© Paul Nettles

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Using a plastic bottle

Buying bottled water

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When greenhouse gases are realised into the environment they can cause climate change, making the planet hotter

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Nurdles and other plastics can be found on every beach in the world.

Some people drop their litter on the floor instead of putting it in the bin.

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Nurdles can be eaten by animals, this can make them sick.

Storm drains all lead to rivers which lead to the ocean.

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Plastic from land can end up in rivers, all rivers lead to the ocean.

Plastoc can cause harm to animals in the ocean.

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Some plastic that is too dirty to be recycled goes to landfill sites.

Containers can fall off ships when the sea gets rough.

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Shipping

Transportation

Purchasing

Disposal

Recycling

Sea becomes rough

Nurdles spill

Cause a danger to m

arine life

Littering

Rain or w

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Washed into rivers

Travel to the ocean

Contam

inated recycling