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BOWMANS SHIPPING PODCAST #10 – Plastic nurdles: the toxic waste polluting our oceans

Nurdle pollution has a devastating effect on marine ecology and became the focus of the maritime world in May 2021 when the vessel X-Press Pearl caught fire off the west coast of Sri Lanka and spilled about 75 billion particles (or 1 680 tons of nurdles) into the ocean. Our podcast series returns with an in-depth discussion between partners, Jeremy Prain and Lana Stockton