Nurdle Patrol
Schedule
Sat May 11 2024 at 09:00 am to 10:00 am
Location
Jones Park | Gulfport, MS
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Join us every second Saturday of each month to help us find and count nurdles at Jones Park East Beach in Gulfport, MS! No sign up required. Just show up ready to nurdle! If the forecast shows 50% chance of rain or higher, it will be cancelled!
Plastic Free Gulf Coast hosts monthly Nurdle Patrols and reports data to the main Nurdle Patrol database at Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve. Come and join us and be part of citizen data collection that is raising awareness about Nurdles and adding Mississippi beaches to the national and international databases.
Nurdles are small pellets that are the first step in the process of making any plastic product. Every nurdle is created to be melted down and turned into a product used by humans. Through leaks, spills, and other storage or transportation errors, nurdles end up in the environment, eventually making their way to the ocean. Nurdles are eaten by many organisms mistaking them for plankton or other food. Once in the ocean, nurdles don’t go away. many pollutants are attracted to the surface of nurdles, causing higher rates of toxicity in the water around them.
Hope to see you there!
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Where is it happening?
Jones Park, 2250 Jones Park Dr, Gulfport, MS 39501, United States,Gulfport, MississippiEvent Location & Nearby Stays: