A recent spill of bio-beads – small plastic pellets used by some wastewater treatment facilities since the 1990s – has ...

Southern Water has apologised for the spill of so-called 'bio-beads', which have led environmental groups to warn of a ...

Large quantities of small plastic pellets have washed up on an East Sussex coastline causing a pollution incident, a council has said. The pellets, commonly known as biobeads, have come ashore in ...

New research finds thousands of pounds of hazardous chemicals in plastic beaded products, including beaded holiday garlands and Mardi Gras beads. The results were posted Thursday on the consumer ...

This is the worst incident we have ever seen. The impact on the environment and local wildlife can be catastrophic.' ...

Plastic beads known as nurdles continue washing up along the Texas Gulf Coast, raising concerns for wildlife, tourism, and ...

Electrifying plastic beads in a laboratory setup creates flocking behavior similar to that observed in birds. And if you mix beads of two sizes, they will automatically separate. This seemingly simple ...

A "continuous line of bio-beads stretches along the entire two-mile coastline, embedded in sense seaweed and sand", the MP ...

A popular New Orleans Carnival krewe will no longer be throwing plastic beads. Starting Carnival 2025, the Krewe of Freret announced that they will no longer throw plastic beads in an effort to have ...

A tiny zine handed out during this year's 'tit Rəx parade." It’s Mardi Gras season and the streets are filling up with parade-goers — and disposable plastic. Every year, millions of pounds of plastic ...

A new ingredient that has been cropping up in products ranging from toothpaste to facial cleansers —polyethylene microbeads — has been causing a stir ever since dental hygienists noticed the tiny blue ...

A smiling model glides, mermaidlike, through a lush underwater garden. Undulating ribbons of something resembling kelp rise from the sea floor, and tiny enchanting pearl-like beads bubble up though ...