New photos show Port Of Tyne teams cleaning platic pellets from river as nurdle clean up continues
New images from the Port Of Tyne show the efforts to stop plastic pellets entering other parts of the River Tyne.
New images released by the Port Of Tyne show workers attempting to restrict the movement of plastic pellets which fell into the river following an incident last weekend.
On Sunday, July 19 a reported collision between a boat and a crane resulted in an estimated 25 tonnes of plastic pellets, known as nurdles, to spill into the water.
The incident also caused one person to be taken to hospital.
The first reported signing of nurdles getting washed onto beaches came on Monday, July 20. A full clean-up operation, headed by South Tyneside Council, is now in place on Littlehaven Beach.
In a statement earlier this week a Port Of Tyne spokesperson said: “Responding to the collision is a multi-faceted and complex salvage operation which cannot be hurried.
“Safety and the welfare of everyone working on the site is and must remain our priority.
“Our response plan to the pellet spill was activated immediately we became aware of it.”