Country diary: We’re going on a nurdle hunt | Richard Smyth
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Whitley Bay, North Tyneside: A huge community effort is under way to clear up a spill of these disastrously resilient beads. We take a family trip to the beach to do our bitMy son spots the first one. It’s about the size of a lentil, and half-buried in the dry sand.We’re on the beach at the seaside town of Whitley Bay. We’ve just walked past a clean-up crew of about 40 volunteers in hi-vis clothing and rubber gloves, kneeling or stooped over black buckets. This is the aftermath of the Tyne nurdle spill, which sounds much funnier than it is. Continue reading…
To read the full story from the source: The Guardian – International
