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The European Chemicals Agency’s Committee for Socio-economic Analysis (SEAC) has adopted its opinion on a landmark restriction proposal, which would ban microplastics in products such as cosmetics, detergents, fertilisers and could lead to a ban of its use as soft infill on artificial turf sports pitches. It would prevent the release of 500 000 tonnes of microplastics into the environment over 20 years. Bjorn Hansen, ECHA’s Executive Director says: “We need to protect our environment from microplastic pollution, and this restriction proposal is the most comprehensive of its kind in the world. We have now concluded our scientific and technical assessment and given our recommendations on how to best address the risks. This will contribute to decision making in the European Commission and the aims of the EU’s Plastics Strategy.” ....
SEAC Adopts EU-wide Microplastics Ban Proposal December 10, 2020 Contact Author Rachel Grabenhofer Close Sponsored 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, ....