The government said the polystyrene balls were a "legacy" from the demolition of the former marine laboratory Litter picking charity Beach Buddies said the small beads could pose a risk to wildlife ...

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A major clean-up is underway along Australia's east coast after "millions" of polystyrene balls washed up onto the sand. Sunshine Coast residents have come together at Alexandra Headland, headed ...

An environmental crisis was narrowly averted after a woman found thousands of tiny polystyrene balls covering a beach on Tahoe's north shore. Alison Toy, the education program manager for UC Davis' ...

A woman says her life has been made "miserable" after a carrier bag's worth of polystyrene balls flooded her house every day for 10 months. Michelle Grace, who works for a domestic abuse charity, says ...

'Urgent: Polystyrene balls littering the middle to south end of the beach!,' Bondi local James McIntosh said in a post to the Bondi Local Loop Facebook group on Thursday night. 'Join us tomorrow to ...

A park has been littered with small polystyrene balls after two boys were seen emptying the contents of a beanbag on CCTV. Loose Parish council say the “irritating” incident happened in the park in ...

A Manx charity has raised concerns after a large quantity of small polystyrene balls were discovered along an area of the island's coast. The items have been found across a large area at the site of ...