Plastics, photodegradation, pellets, nurdles, environmental issues, environmental problems, drifting garbage, marine debris, trash, rubbish, waste, litter, contamination, pollution, coasts, coastlines, shorelines, beaches, washed ashore, Lanzarote Island, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic Ocean.

Remarks: Photodegradation, a process caused by ultraviolet solar radiation, the erosive action of the sea (waves, wind, etc.) and even by small marine animals that mistake plastic for food, breaks down plastic into small pieces (less than 1 cm) that are carried by ocean currents to the shore, along with pellets (small balls that are the raw material for manufacturing a multitude of plastic products). This phenomenon seems to be increasing in all oceans.

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