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Marine pollution issues relating to nurdles spill in Sri Lanka
Daily FT
|August 06, 2025
BETWEEN May and June 2021, the MV X-Press Pearl incident released over 1,680 tons of nurdles into Sri Lanka's marine environment. This event is regarded as the largest single incident of marine plastic pollution in history, with severe and long-lasting consequences for ecosystems, fishing industries, and coastal communities.
Sri Lanka has national environmental laws administered by the Central Environmental Authority (CEA) under the Ministry of Environment. These laws are based on the "Polluter Pays Principle", which has been applied in past environmental cases. Public interest organisations, such as the Environmental Foundation Ltd. (EFL) and the Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ), have filed lawsuits to protect affected communities and ecosystems.
However, Sri Lanka lacks specific legislation classifying nurdles as hazardous waste or regulating their transport and spillage. While existing laws could broadly cover marine pollution, there is a legislative gap in addressing nurdle spills, cleanup protocols, and liability.
This story is from the August 06, 2025 edition of Daily FT.
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