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[–] 39 points 1 year ago (9 children)

This isn't already a thing? I thought everyone phased these out years ago.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    Made illegal in Canada in 2017.

    In June 2017, the Microbeads in Toiletries Regulations were published in the Canada Gazette, Part II: Vol. 151, No. 12 - June 14, 2017. These regulations help protect the environment by reducing the quantity of plastic microbeads entering Canadian freshwater and marine ecosystems

    The regulations prohibit the manufacture, import, and sale of toiletries used to exfoliate or cleanse that contain plastic microbeads, including non-prescription drugs and natural health products. For the purposes of the regulations, plastic microbeads include any plastic particle equal to or less than 5 mm in size. The types of toiletries covered include products such as bath and body products, skin cleansers and toothpaste.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    January 2018 for the UK, wild that the US is so behind that even California is only just getting to it.

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