Environment Protection Authority looks into thousands of tiny plastic beads on Warrnambool beach

Sian Johnson
Updated November 22 2017 - 5:51pm, first published 4:35pm
The plastic beads, or nurdles, that have washed up on Warrnambool's Shelly Beach. Picture: Sian Johnson
The plastic beads, or nurdles, that have washed up on Warrnambool's Shelly Beach. Picture: Sian Johnson

The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is investigating reports of thousands of tiny plastic beads, or nurdles, washing up on Warrnambool’s Shelly Beach, and the possibility they passed through the sewage treatment system.

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Sian Johnson

Sian Johnson

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