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PD Ports declares war on plastic pellets

[ September 20, 2018   //   ]

PD Ports’ Teesport has become the first UK port to sign up to the Operation Clean Sweep (OCS) initiative risk of plastic pellets from leaking into the environment. The project, run in the UK by the British Plastics Federation, introduces measures to keep plastic ‘nurdles’ away from rivers and seas.

Local MP Simon Clarke presenting the OCS certificate to PD Ports’ group health, safety and environment manager, David Jones at a BPF reception at the House of Commons on 10 September.

 

 

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