The cosmetics industry will have 12 years to eliminate intentionally added, non-biodegradable microplastic from makeup, lip and nail cosmetics, twice as long as initially proposed by the European Chemicals Agency in January 2019, under a draft regulation released by the Commission on 30 August.
That’s good news for industry. Still, Cosmetics Europe has estimated that more than 23,000 makeup, lip and nail products will...





