Clean-up operation under way after pellets from ship collision threaten wildlife

The Solong container ship, pictured, collided with the American tanker the Stena Immaculate on March 10 (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

A clean-up operation is under way after plastic pellets which pose a danger to wildlife washed up on beaches following a ship collision in the North Sea.

Conservation groups have said they are “deeply concerned” about the risks posed by the plastic nurdles, which are believed to have come from containers damaged on the Solong, when it collided with the American tanker Stena Immaculate on March 10.