0 very small round pieces of plastic used as a raw material (= a material before it has been processed for use) in making plastic products:
Accidental spills of nurdles result in thousands getting washed out to sea.
Nurdles are microplastic resin pellets typically under 5 mm.
If you go fishing in the sea there, you can scoop up a net full of nurdles.
Nurdles are also created through the physical weathering of larger plastic debris.
Nurdles, also known as mermaids' tears, are plastic pellets typically under five millimetres in diameter, and are a major contributor to marine debris.
Nurdles have frequently been found in the digestive tracts of various marine creatures, causing physiological damage by leaching plasticizers such as phthalates.
Nurdles that escape from the plastic production process into waterways or oceans have become a significant source of ocean and beach pollution.
Waterborne nurdles may either be a raw material of plastic production, or from larger chunks of plastics.
