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Hearing underway for new efforts to end plastic pollution in oceans

Hearing underway for new efforts to end plastic pollution in oceans
2 years 8 months 3 days ago Saturday, March 12 2022 Mar 12, 2022 March 12, 2022 12:24 PM March 12, 2022 in News - Local

A new state rule to limit the spread of plastic pollution is reaching the final stages.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality voted to move forward with a hearing on new water quality standards that will also discuss nurdle pollution.

Currently, plastic producers and shippers are allowed to discharge trillions of small pre-production plastic pellets — known as nurdles — directly into waters with little to no enforcement

The TCEQ is now voting to move forward with a hearing on the rule to limit spills. 

The proposed rule goes to a public comment period until May 2.

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