Knock Out Nurdles

Great Global Nurdle Hunt

Nurdles are small plastic pellets which are used as the raw materials in plastic manufacturing. Like other forms of plastic, when they escape into the sea they can cause harm to marine life. The small pellets can be mistaken by animals for food and ingested. This has harms that animal as well as those above it in the food chain, including us.

Take part

  • Skills required

    Visit the project website to learn how to accurately identify nurdles.

  • Project Type

    You can nurdle hunt any time on any beach anywhere in the world! Submit your data vis the project website.

  • The Why

    The more is understood about the spread of nurdles, the more pressure and changes that can be applied a supply chain level.

  • Key achievements

    Your evidence is holding industry to account and piling on the pressure for them to take effective action.