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| March 2025 |
Plastic pellet pollution
Nurdles (plastic pellets) were discovered along the North East coast of England following a maritime collision between cargo ship Solong and tanker Stena Immaculate, indicating a potential environmental contamination incident.
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| 2025 |
In-mould labelling
A new chemical method for pigment and corona electric static is predicted to enable In-Mould Labelling to combine with all substance surfaces, expanding the technology's potential applications.
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| December 31 2022 |
Microbead
China banned sale of microbeads, following a production ban two years earlier.
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| December 29 2022 |
Microbead
Argentina banned import, manufacture, and sale of microbeads in cosmetics.
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| November 1 2022 |
Microbead
New South Wales state government banned the supply of rinse-off personal care products containing microbeads.
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| 2020 |
Plastindia
Plastindia canceled its trade show scheduled for New Delhi due to the Covid-19 pandemic, demonstrating the foundation's responsiveness to global health challenges.
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| 2020 |
Microbead
An independent assessment found that more than 99% of products inspected were microbead-free in Australia.
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| February 20 2020 |
Microbead
Ireland banned microbeads in rinse-off cosmetics.
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| January 1 2020 |
Microbead
Second phase of microbead bans takes effect, prohibiting sales of over-the-counter products containing microbeads.
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| 2019 |
Microbead
Microbeads in natural health products and non-prescription drugs were banned in Canada.
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| June 2019 |
Microbead
Eoghan Murphy introduced the Microbeads (Prohibition) Bill 2019, proposing to ban manufacture, sale, and export of rinse-off microbead products in Ireland.
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| March 11 2019 |
Microbead
Microbead ban extended to Northern Ireland.
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| 2018 |
Tyvek
DuPont announced plans to expand Tyvek production capacity at their Sandweiler-Contern factory in Luxembourg.
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| October 1 2018 |
Microbead
United Kingdom implemented a ban on microbeads in rinse-off cosmetics and personal care products.
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| July 1 2018 |
Microbead
Sales of toiletries containing microbeads were banned in Canada.
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| June 30 2018 |
Microbead
Wales introduces its ban on microbeads.
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| June 19 2018 |
Microbead
Scotland introduces its own manufacture and sales ban on microbeads.
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| June 19 2018 |
Microbead
Sales ban on microbeads takes effect in England.
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| June 7 2018 |
Microbead
New Zealand banned import, manufacture, and sale of microbeads in rinse-off cosmetics.
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| January 9 2018 |
Microbead
United Kingdom bans production of microbeads in rinse-off cosmetics and cleaning products in England.
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| January 1 2018 |
Microbead
First phase of microbead bans takes effect across multiple states, including manufacture restrictions for personal care products.
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| January 1 2018 |
Microbead
Import and manufacture of toiletries containing microbeads was banned in Canada.
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| January 1 2018 |
Microbead
Canada and France implemented bans on microbeads smaller than 5 mm and in rinse-off cosmetics, respectively.
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| July 1 2017 |
Microbead
United States federal ban on manufacture of microbeads for rinse-off cosmetics took effect. South Korea banned sale of microbeads in cosmetics.
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| January 2017 |
Microbead
L'Oréal phased out polyethylene microbeads from exfoliates, cleansers, and shower gels.
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| 2016 |
Microbead
Australian federal and state governments agreed to support a voluntary industry phase-out of microbeads in rinse-off personal care, cosmetic, and cleaning products.
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| November 2016 |
Microbead
Simon Coveney, Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, announced the Fine Gael–led government would seek an EU-wide ban on microbeads, while rejecting a Green Party bill to ban them domestically.
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| June 29 2016 |
Microbead
The Federal Government of Canada added microbeads to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act under Schedule 1 as a toxic substance.
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| February 2016 |
Microbead
Crest phased out microbeads in toothpastes in the United States.
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| December 2015 |
Microbead
Johnson and Johnson began phasing out polyethylene microbeads in their products.
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| October 8 2015 |
Microbead
California passes a strict microbead ban that does not allow biodegradable microbeads, with phased implementation in 2018 and 2020 for manufacturing and sales.
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| May 18 2015 |
Microbead
John McKay, a Member of Parliament from Toronto, introduced Bill C-680 to ban the sale of microbeads in Canada.
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| March 26 2015 |
Microbead
Colorado passes legislation banning microbeads in rinse-off cosmetics, with implementation dates in 2018 and 2020.
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| 2014 |
Microbead
Legislation to ban microbeads fails to pass in New York.
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| June 8 2014 |
Microbead
Illinois becomes the first U.S. state to enact legislation banning microbeads in personal care products, with a two-part ban to take effect in 2018 and 2019.
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| June 2013 |
Microbead
United Nations Environment Programme and Fauna and Flora International joined the partnership to develop the microbead app for international audiences.
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| 2012 |
Microbead
North Sea Foundation and Plastic Soup Foundation launched an app allowing Dutch consumers to check for microbeads in personal care products.
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Plastic pellet pollution, In-mould labelling, Squeeze flow, Plastic forming machine, Plastindia, Microbead & Tyvek, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.