ECHA eyes microplastics ban, fate of rubber infill in balance
Shahrzad Pourriahi
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HELSINKI—The European Chemicals Agency is finalizing the draft of a landmark restriction proposal to ban products which have "intentionally added" microplastics from being placed on the market in the European Union and the European Economic Area.
The proposal will be submitted to the European Commission in the coming months and largely based on the opinions of two ECHA committees—the Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) and the Committee for Socio-economic Analysis (SEAC).
Among the materials targeted by the proposal are granular infill materials from end-of-life tires and other synthetic elastomers, which have been classified as "intentionally-added microplastics."