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Wastewater Plant Mishap Floods Welsh Shores with Plastic Pollution
27 Oct
Summary
- Thousands of small plastic discs found on beaches in Wales
- Discs accidentally released from a wastewater treatment plant
- Discs pose threat to marine life and environment
In a concerning incident, government agencies in Wales have reported finding thousands of strange plastic discs washed up on dozens of beaches over the past few weeks. After investigating the source, they have discovered that the discs were accidentally released from a nearby wastewater treatment plant.
According to the reports, beachgoers in Swansea, Gower, and Neath Port Talbot have noticed an unfathomable number of small plastic discs, around 23 millimeters in diameter, wrapped in seaweed and other debris along the shoreline. The discs, which are used in the biological treatment of wastewater, were accidentally released from the Fabian Way treatment facility operated by Welsh Water, a nonprofit water and sewerage company, following a power outage.
The authorities have stated that measures are being taken to prevent a similar event in the future, and the government agency Natural Resources Wales is investigating the incident. Cleanup crews have been deployed to manually remove the discs, but the sheer volume of the plastic pollution has made the task challenging.
