The UK is on track to introduce legislation to ban the manufacture and sale of cosmetics and personal care products containing microbeads.
In a House of Commons debate on 8 March, MPs discussed the impact of microbeads on the environment and re-affirmed their desire to ban the plastic particles in wash-off products.
Plastic society
Rebecca Pow, MP for Taunton Deane, said: "The truth is that we have become a plastic society, and unbeknown to us, plastics infiltrate our lives through an enormous range of products that we use every day. "It is increasingly coming to light that many of these plastics are in fact causing damage to our environment, in particular our marine environment, which is now heavily polluted with plastics as a direct result of the actions of mankind."
Sue Hayman, MP for Workington, added: “The huge amount of plastic in the sea is massively damaging