June 2, 2008 - Probably under the Great Tamarisk Forest somewhere, or maybe the Tumbleweed Steppes.""What were nurdles?""The basic building block of all plastics. At one point India was cranking out 100 million tons a year, basically recycling bargeloads of bottles, bags, cups, toys and cell phone covers into tiny units that were sold to plastic manufacturers. There is a moving plastic hose at your feet!""That's no hose!