Big Oil Evaded Regulation And Plastic Pellets Kept Spilling | NPR & Houston Public Media
Recycled plastic pellets are displayed at a facility in Ontario. // Bloomberg/Getty Images , James MacDonald Look on the side of a highway sometime and you might see them. Or along the railroad tracks or a stream. Maybe even between your toes at the beach. Tiny pearl-shaped pieces of plastic, known as pellets, are the building blocks for almost everything plastic, and they're everywhere. They've spilled out of petrochemical plants, rail cars, shipping containers and trucks. Large spills have soiled beaches in Louisiana and South Carolina. New research suggests more than 230,000 tons of pel...
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