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Microplastics

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 65311, tabled on 23 February 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to extend the ban on microbeads to include non-cosmetic and non-domestic products.

Answered on

28 February 2017

We are currently running a consultation on our proposals to ban microbeads in cosmetics and personal care products. The consultation ends on 28th February 2017. The consultation also seeks to gather evidence on the extent of the environmental impacts of microplastics, including microbeads, found in other products. This evidence will be used to inform future UK actions to protect the

marine environment.

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