The UK Has Notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of Its Draft Regulations
The UK has notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of its draft Regulations banning the use of microbeads as an ingredient in the manufacture of rinse-off personal care products, and the sale of items containing them.
The notification says the move comes on the grounds that they cause harm to living species in the marine environment.
It points out that up to 680 tonnes of plastic microbeads are used in cosmetic products sold in the UK every year. But, it adds, there are feasible alternatives and their use in cosmetics is therefore an "avoidable source of marine pollution".
The proposed manufacturing ban will begin on 1 January 2018, with the prohibition on marketing following on 30 June.
However, more than 72% of major UK cosmetics companies expect to have stopped selling products with microbeads in them by 2017, the notification says.
The WTO is accepting comments for 90 days.
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