Thousands of plastic beads wash up on Sunshine Coast beaches days into turtle nesting season
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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.

Key points:

  • Thousands of plastic beads first began to appear at Maroochydore and Alexandra Headland on Friday
  • Hundreds of residents have joined the clean up, which is expected to take days
  • A local environment group says the beads are a danger to wildlife