International Plastic Pellet Count
By: Waterkeeper Alliance
The actions we take every day lead to lasting change.
Join our 2025 International Plastic Pellet Count on May 3 to help us track plastic pollution, one tiny pellet at a time.
Pre-production plastic pellets, or nurdles, contribute to significant pollution, with an estimated 10 trillion entering oceans annually. Many also pollute rivers and lakes, including 42 of 66 beaches on the Great Lakes.
Whether you’re on a beach, by a river, or in your neighborhood park, your efforts help build the data we need to push for real solutions.
So far, more than 700 events are registered across all 50 U.S. states and in over 25 countries—including 35 Waterkeeper groups in 14 countries—have signed up.
Won’t you join us? Plastic pellet counts can be as quick as 10 minutes!
Sign up here and check out the map below to find an event near you.
Think globally, act locally.
Change doesn’t happen all at once. It happens when we show up—together, day after day.