Microbeads
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The guilt-free beauty alternatives to invest in ahead of the microbeads ban
It's a win-win situation.
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7 Alternatives To Microbead Exfoliators That Are Planet-Friendly
Microbeads being banned = environment winning
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Sparkle fans beware, scientists are calling for a ban on glitter
Could getting your sparkle on soon be banned?
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MPs Call For Beauty Companies To Ban Microbeads
According to MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee, 680 tons of the tiny plastic balls are used in the UK each year and just one shower can wash up to 100,000 microbeads down the plughole and into the world’s seas. The problem is that because the beads are so small they are not filtered out by water treatment centres, which means they escape into the sea where they can be eaten by wildlife, and then enter the food chain.