SEAC Adopts EU-wide Microplastics Ban Proposal

SEAC Adopts EU-wide Microplastics Ban Proposal
December 10, 2020
Contact Author Rachel Grabenhofer
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The European Chemicals Agency's (ECHA's) Committee for Socio-economic Analysis (SEAC) has adopted a landmark restriction proposal that would ban microplastics in products such as cosmetics.
This follows an opinion proposing the same, jointly released on June 11, 2020, by both the ECHA's Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) and the SEAC. The proposal aims to ban products from the European market that contain intentionally added microplastics if they are released into the environment when the products are used.
Definitions for what are considered microplastics, microbeads, particles, etc., are outined in the joint opinion. For example, 

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