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Why are volunteers vacuuming this beach in the UK?

Thousands of nurdles have washed up on UK beaches, but volunteers are helping to clean them up using a special vacuum cleaner.

Nurdles are tiny plastic pellets which are melted and moulded in the creation of other plastic items.

It comes after two shipping vessels collided in the North Sea in March causing a spillage of the plastic pellets.

These items floated towards the coast of Lincolnshire and have now washed up on several of the area's beaches.