Draft legislation in the UK would ban plastic microbead in all rinse-off cosmetics, not just those for exfoliating and/or cleansing purposes, and prohibit the manufacture of such products even if they're intended for export to countries without microbead restrictions. Industry has lodged an objection to the proposal with the European Commission, which is developing its own plastics strategy, slated for release in December.
EU industry has an eye out for the European Commission's forthcoming plastics strategy while challenging the UK's pending ban on cosmetic microbeads, heralded by NGOs as the strongest in the world to date.
Since the US Microbead-Free Waters Act was enacted in late 2015, banning the manufacture and sale of specified rinse-off cosmetics...