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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.
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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,