United Kingdom will ban the use of microplastics in cosmetics from 2017 as they are polluting oceans and entering the food chain The United States opened the ban in January and now the British government joins the ban on the use of microplastics in cosmetics after fulfilling the request of more than 350,000 citizens who [...]
The bad thing is that these microplastics are becoming a big problem. Its use and abuse is making these small and almost tiny particles appear anywhere. This is because, being so small, they are not retained by most filters. And when I say they appear anywhere, I mean they have been found in animals and [...]
Plastic microbeads were banned in shower gels and toothpaste in the United Kingdom last year, but they could still be hidden in your sunscreen or lipstick. Now, the start up Naturbeads, in collaboration with the University of Bath, is working with several companies to replace the microplastics present in these products with biodegradable microbeads of [...]
