Planet Aware, a local voluntary Community Action Group, were thrilled by the attendance at their recent presentation and demonstration around plastic pellet pollution. This was in partnership with environmental consultant and pollution response organisation Oracle Environmental Experts (OEE). The aims were to raise awareness on nurdle pollution, to gain support from local and national government, to draw attention to ways of tackling this unrelenting issue to ensure plastic pellet pollution is on the Isle of Wight and UK agenda. Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely, alongside representatives from organisations such as the National Trust, Crown Estates, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Visit Isle of Wight, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, and local councillors and parliamentary candidates from all parties, participated in this initiative, which took place on Friday 26th January at Seely Hall in Brook and at Compton Bay. The Planet Aware team has said:
“We are grateful to all who attended and to Oracle Environmental Experts for their support. It was great to see that attendees were interested to learn more about nurdles during the presentations. “Seeing the extent of the nurdles along the strandlines on one of our local beaches first-hand, we believe, really made an impact on those present. Plastic pollution is an issue we can help prevent and have to ensure that we are ready to respond to”.
Nurdles are lentil-sized plastic pellets, on average 2mm in diameter, that are manufactured to produce everyday plastic products. They are transported all over the world. However sadly, container ship spills and poor handling practices along the supply chain result in frequent losses to the environment including our ocean and shores.
Micro plastic polution along with forever chemicals is a very serious problem, only further propagated by vegans and their obsession with vegan wools and leathers (plastics), support farms and animal products!
50% of ocean waste comes from the fishing industry. A few vegans not wanting to wear the dead or exploited bodies of animals makes little difference. Shift your prejudices elsewhere.
Not so much a public demonstration, more a celebrity event.
More climate b@llocks
For those of us who don’t know what a nurdle is:
‘Nurdles are small pellets that are the first step in the process of making any plastic thing. Your plastic containers, bags, and bottles were all once nurdles’
Let’s hope then that no-one who attended this get-together was wearing or carrying anything plastic-based, because that would make them completely hypocritical, wouldn’t it?