The local environmental group has described the spill as a 'pollution event of an industrial scale'.
An investigation is underway after thousands of polystyrene balls washed up on Sunshine Coast beaches just days into turtle nesting season.Thousands of plastic beads first began to appear at Maroochydore and Alexandra Headland on FridayA local environment group says the beads are a danger to wildlife
The beads first began to appear at Maroochydore and Alexandra Headland on Friday afternoon and are suspected to have washed up from offshore. She said the spill had come at the beginning of turtle season, and the small plastic beads were a danger to wildlife.Ms Foley said it was also a risk to shore birds and whales."If we're seeing polystyrene here, it's likely that there's polystyrene going to be showing up in other environments, especially on the coastal strip," she said."It's not easy to to pick them all up," Mr Haddrill said.
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