microbead ban

Big loopholes for tiny microbeads in government’s proposed ban

Last edited 27 March 2017 at 10:45am
8 February, 2017

YouGov polling for the microbeads coalition has shown that a large proportion of people wash make-up and skincare products down the drain. Yet while some of these product types have been shown to contain microplastic ingredients, they could fall outside of the government’s proposed microbeads ban.

Defra’s current proposal is restricted to “rinse-off” products, an ambiguous term which has caused confusion among industry and campaigners alike. But these findings suggest that products containing microplastics will continue to enter the ocean if the government excludes them from the microbeads ban.

Article tagged as: DEFRA, make-up, microbead ban, microbead coalition, microbeads, ocean plastic, polling

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