World-leading microbeads ban takes effect

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Today the government's ban on microbeads in cosmetics and personal care products comes into effect.

A ban on the manufacture of products containing microbeads has come into force today – a landmark step in the introduction of one of the world's toughest bans on these harmful pieces of .

Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey has announced that manufacturers of cosmetics and personal care products will no longer be able to add tiny pieces of plastic known as ‘microbeads' to rinse-off products such as face scrubs, toothpastes and shower gels.

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