It's of epic proportions. This uh pre-shredded waste um which has obviously been highly well organized is now leeching into the river and into the earth around um the river and is a a massive ecological disaster. >> And unless we get on with it, we could see an environmental catastrophe here during the winter.Which is why I'm calling on the government to take action. ...

My my name is uh Joe Ferrell and I'm here today to talk to you about a problem that I truly don't know how to solve, but I have some recommendations for little tiny plastic beads, also known as nerdles, that are becoming part of the largest ecological disaster that you've probably never heard of. So, what is a nerdle. A nerdle is basically a plastic bead um two to six millimeters in diameter or a quarter inch and it's the raw materials for everything plastic. So the dashboard for your car, the plastic water ...