The Great Global Nurdle Hunt - Coldingham Bay

The Great Global Nurdle Hunt is an annual citizen science event, which asks organisations, communities and individuals across the world to organise nurdle hunts to draw attention to this issue and collect a snapshot of data on global plastic pellet pollution.

Nurdles are small plastic pellets about the size of a lentil that are melted down to make almost all plastic products. Billions of nurdles are used each year to make products, but thousands of tonnes also spill directly into the environment around the world. Nurdles are the second largest source of primary microplastic pollution globally.

The crucial data gathered by nurdle hunters helps highlight the scale of the problem to decision makers worldwide and strengthens calls for action to tackle this significant source of global microplastic pollution.