Plastic pellets are washed up

PLASTIC pellets which can be a risk to wildlife have washed up on the shoreline of eastern England at the weekend, following last week's collision between a tanker and a container ship in the North Sea.

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Conservationists have said they are "deeply concerned", after the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said it was informed by the RNLI on Sunday of a "sheen" in the sea just off The Wash of "nurdles" - small pellets of plastic resin used in pla