Amy Youngman

Amy Youngman

United Kingdom United KingdomlawyerFemale8.0Global Dominance: 0.00%

Amy Youngman is a lawyer at the Environmental Investigation Agency who has raised awareness about the lack of regulations governing the transport of nurdles, arguing that better handling laws could significantly reduce spill incidents.

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Amy Youngman is a legal specialist at the Environmental Investigation Agency.

‘Nobody cares’: the Turkish farmers bearing the burden of UK’s plastic waste problem | Plastics
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2026-08-04
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Youngman called the incident 'essentially an oil spill in solid form, but with added chemical toxicity.'

‘An oil spill in solid form’: Bio-bead disaster devastates beloved English coast
CNN·United StatesUnited States· 2025-11-29
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Amy Youngman is a lawyer at the Environmental Investigation Agency who discusses the devastating impact of the Kerala spill.

Buoyant, the size of a lentil and almost impossible to recover: how nurdles are polluting the oceans | Plastics
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2025-08-12
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