Where can we find the plastic resin pellets?

Plastic resin pellets are distributed on beach all over the world!

You will find the pellets on high tide line on sandy beaches together with various stranded materials (e.g., trash, wood, shell).

 Collecting plastic resin pellets on Malaysian beach

Collecting plastic resin pellets on Malaysian beach

Collecting plastic resin pellets on Hong Kong beach

Collecting plastic resin pellets on Hong Kong beach

 Collecting plastic resin pellets on Korean beach

Collecting plastic resin pellets on Korean beach

In this project, participants will collect plastic resin pellets on their nearby beaches and send send them via Air mail to Dr. Hideshige TAKADA.

Mailing address:
Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Dr. Hideshige Takada,
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology,
Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan