SPAIN SEA POLLUTION

Environmental crisis on Spanish northern beaches

epa11079434 Workers clean Nemina beach of plastic pellets at Muxia town, A Coruna province, Galicia region, north-western Spain, 15 January 2024. Millions of pellets washed up in Cantabria, Asturias, and Galicia, all of them regions located in northern Spain, originated from at least one container that fell from the Toconao, a Liberia-registered vessel chartered by shipping giant Maersk, off the coast of Portugal last month, as stated by the pellets? manufacturer Bedeko Europe. Since it was noticed, NGOs and private and public cleaning services have been working to clear beaches from these pellets, a difficult task due to the size of them. EPA/CABALAR

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