Plastic nurdles (yes, nurdles) littering San Diego County beaches NBC 7 San Diego
You probably haven t heard the name, but you ve likely seen them on or near San Diego County s beaches.
They re about the size of a fish egg, Mark O Connor, the co-leader of Surfrider San Diego County s Rise Above Plastic committee, said. They re pretty small.
Small, plastic pellets called nurdles can cause big problems. O Connor explained due to their size they are often difficult to spot by people doing beach clean-ups and birds, fish and other small creatures can mistake them for food. He added they are used as the building blocks for common plastic products.
All the things we use, he said, a mustard container, spray bottle of cleaner, all that kind of stuff starts out as a nurdle. This is a pre-production product.
Not good.