– Sharon Kwek Si Ling, Associate Director, Southeast Asia, Beauty & Personal Care
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Earlier this week, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) handed over its final draft of proposals for restricting the use of intentionally-added microplastics to the European Commission. The EU plans to ban microplastic from cosmetics, paints, detergents and some farm and medical products in order to prevent as much as 500,000 metric tons from polluting rivers and seas. The legal restriction is expected to become law next year but the draft proposal created by the ECHA has major loopholes that would allow companies to continue polluting, environmental groups warn.
“Some sectors could get up to 8 years to drop microplastic while ‘biodegradable’ microplastic that has not been shown to degrade in the environment could escape the ban,” writes the Rethink Plastic alliance of environmental groups. The 500,000 metric ton target will be impossible to achieve unless the proposal is improved, they calculated.
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Wasting away: Sea urchins suffer deformities from plastic chemicals
by Claire Wordley on 17 February 2021
Chemicals found both in new plastics and those washed up on a U.K. beach caused deformities in sea urchin larvae, according to a new study in the journal Environmental Pollution.
Sea urchin larvae raised in water tainted by chemicals found in plastics showed serious deformities; plastics that had never been chemically treated did not cause deformities.
Chemicals are added to some plastics to enhance their properties, while plastics at sea can accumulate and concentrate chemicals already polluting the oceans.
Researchers say more needs to be done to prevent plastics from reaching the ocean.
Filipino moms and millennials are early adopters of reusable sanitary products
Written by Juju Z. Baluyot
Updated Jan 20, 2021 4:21:38 PM
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endIndex: Reusable diapers, like Rethink Plastic’s (left), and menstrual cups (right), both have a bit of a learning curve. Photos from RETHINK PLASTIC and LOOP
With alien-sounding components like polyethylene and polypropylene, among other types of plastic, disposable diapers end up in the world’s landfills or, worse, seas studies say that a single plastic waste will be completely biodegraded in 450 years.
Gerald Perry Marin is one of the social entrepreneurs actively applying his knowledge to doing something about it.