Nurdle-free beaches with Mermaid Tear Catchers™

What are nurdles? And what are our Million+ frisbees going to do about them?

Nurdles are small plastic pellets about the size of a lentil that are the building blocks for most plastic goods, ranging from plastic water bottles to cars. Unfortunately, they have found their way in to our oceans through transportation, effluent pipes, or industrial spillage and therefore contribute to plastic pollution.

To help you in the fight against plastic pollution, we’re bringing you Mermaid Tear Catcher™ specialised frisbees that are made to sift out nurdles, and other tiny pieces of plastic, from beach sand. And another great thing about our Million+ frisbees is that they are made from recycled plastic!

How to use your frisbee :

1 – Sift the beach sand through your frisbee to collect nurdles and other small pieces of plastic. If the sand is wet you might need to pour water through the frisbee.

2 – Pick out any natural items (like kelp or sea shells) and then place your nurdles in a bag or bucket so that you can collect more.

3 – Weigh your nurdles and then record your nurdle catch on the bottom of this website page: litter4tokens.co.za

4 – Drop off your Nurdles at any of these points:

• Shark Spotters (Info Centre at Surfers Corner, Muizenberg)

• Shark Spotters (Beachfront cabin, Fish Hoek)

• Kommetjie Surf Shop (Unit 3 Swan Lodge, Kommetjie)

• Cape Café (9 Kruger St, Strand)

• Potters Pantry (39 Beach Rd, Gordons Bay)

• Beach Blanc Cafe’ (5 Loxton Road, Woodbridge Island)

• Two Oceans Aquarium (Dock Rd, V & A Waterfront)

• Pisces Dive Centre (1 Main Rd, Simon’s Town)

• Die Ou Pastorie (8 Long St, Bergsig, Groot Brakrivier)

• Shark Lab Aquarium (6 Point Rd, Mossel Bay)

• Cyber South Internet Security (204 Flora Rd, Dana Bay)

• Koffie Stories (5 Melkhout Ave, Gouritz)

• Jeffreys Bay Fire Station (Cnr St. Francis St & St. Croix St)

• Lavender Social Café (Shop 5 Dorpsplein Still Bay)

• SA Shark Conservancy (22 Marine Dr, Hermanus)

• Nature’s Valley Trust (388 Lagoon Drive, Nature’s Valley)

• Boggomsbaai Beach Kiosk

• Springerbaai (front gate Springerbaai, Mossel Bay)

• Kanon beach car park or Kanon village gate

• Offshore Africa (Ferry Point Road, Port St John’s)

• Outspan Inn (Main Rd, Port St Johns)

• East London Aquarium (13 Esplanade St, East London)

• Bayworld (23 Beach Rd, Port Elizabeth)

• Plettenberg Bay Tourism (Shop 35 Melville’s Corner,Plettenberg Bay)

• Knysna Municipality Environmental Management (1 Spring Street, Old Main Road, Knysna)

• Dyer Island Conservation Trust (5 Geelbek St,Van Dyks Bay)

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Where can you get a frisbee?

We’ve partnered with beach clean-up organisations across South Africa. Attend a beach clean-up with one of these beach clean-up organisations where they will be handing out these frisbees. The first 100 people at each of these events will receive a free frisbee!