Tyne Nurdles Tracking spilled plastic pellets in the tidal Tyne
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Your photos and videos help us map where the spilled pellets have reached. It takes a couple of minutes. You don't need to give your name or email.

1. Your photos and videos
Photos or videos Add as many as you like, each up to 250 MB: JPEG, PNG, HEIC, MP4 or MOV. Please send the original files from your phone or camera. We use the date, time and location stored inside them to work out exactly when and where the pellets were, so you don't need to type them in.

Drag files here, or choose them from your device.

    How to make sure your photos keep their location

    Phones record when and where each photo is taken, but some remove the location when a photo is picked for a website. After you choose your files, we check each one and show whether its location and date are included. If not, try the following.

    Before you take photos

    • iPhone: Settings › Privacy & Security › Location Services › Camera › While Using the App.
    • Android: open the Camera app's settings and turn on Location tags (or Save location).

    When you upload

    • iPhone: in Photos, select the pictures, tap Share › Options, turn on Location (and All Photos Data if shown), then choose Save to Files. On this page, tap Choose Files › Browse and pick them from Files.
    • Android: when choosing files, pick Browse or Files rather than the photo gallery, then go to the DCIM › Camera folder.
    • Computer: copy the files straight from your phone or camera, then upload them from there.
    • Don't send photos that have been through WhatsApp, Facebook, email or other apps first: these usually strip the date and location.
    2. About you (optional)

    You can submit anonymously. Only give your details if you'd like us to contact you or credit you.

    3. How we may use your images

    Please read the privacy notice and submission terms. You keep the copyright in your photos and videos.

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