ECHA Targets Cosmetics, Leave-On And Rinse-Off Alike, With Proposed Microplastics Ban

Manufacturers of rinse-off and leave-on cosmetics would have four years and six years, respectively, to comply with ECHA’s proposed restriction on intentionally added microplastics, efforts that ECHA estimates would cost industry around $1.1bn and $7.4bn over 20 years. Microbeads in rinse-off exfoliating/cleansing cosmetics, largely phased out already, would be banned without delay.

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The European Chemicals Agency’s proposed restriction on intentionally added microplastics under the EU’s REACH program is comprehensive and far-reaching, confirming that the cosmetics industry had good reason for apprehension going into the new year.

Announced Jan. 30, the proposal calls for the elimination of manufactured microplastic use across a range of industries, including...

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