{"id":281884,"date":"2025-11-09T20:07:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T20:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/281884\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T20:07:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T20:07:18","slug":"plastic-pellets-washed-up-on-camber-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/281884\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic pellets washed up on Camber beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"StrandlinersStrandliners<\/p>\n

The clear-up operation at Camber continued on Sunday<\/p>\n

Large quantities of small plastic pellets have washed up on an East Sussex coastline causing a pollution incident, a council has said.<\/p>\n

The pellets, commonly known as biobeads, have come ashore in Camber, according to Rother District Council.<\/p>\n

The authority said it was “not aware of any concerns regarding public health” but advised dog owners to keep them under supervision to stop them eating the pellets.<\/p>\n

“It’s unclear where the pollution has come from and investigations are ongoing,” a council spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

The statement added: “Our officers are currently inspecting the shorelines to assess the level of impact across local beaches.<\/p>\n

“We can then determine the scale of the incident and respond accordingly.”<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Environment Agency said: “We are aware that a large number of plastic pellets have washed up along a stretch of coastline in East Sussex which includes Camber Sands.<\/p>\n

“We are providing advice and guidance to Rother District Council, which has employed contractors to carry out a clean-up operation. <\/p>\n

“We are working with other responders to identify the source of the pollution.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Southern Water said: “We are working to investigate the source of plastic beads which have washed up.<\/p>\n

“We’ve conducted water quality sampling on the beach, which has shown no impact to environmental water quality.” <\/p>\n

\"StrandlinersStrandliners<\/p>\n

Large quantities of the plastic pellets have washed ashore in East Sussex<\/p>\n

The non-profit organisations Nurdle and Strandliners, as well as council officers, are working on the removal and clean-up operation.<\/p>\n

The council said further updates would be provided as more information became available.<\/p>\n

Andy Dinsdale, from Strandliners, said: “Millions of these 5mm plastic pellets are used in wastewater treatment works for cleaning water.<\/p>\n

“This is catastrophic for the fragile strandline and dune habitats at Camber.”<\/p>\n

Rye resident, Juliet Duff, who helped with the clear-up operation, said the situation was “terrible”.<\/p>\n

“The pollution covers about a mile and a half of the beach,” she said.<\/p>\n

“We have been collecting the pellets up by hand and with dustpan and brush.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Strandliners The clear-up operation at Camber continued on Sunday Large quantities of small plastic pellets have washed up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":{"0":"post-281884","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}