News
Chemicals Manufacturing
General Sustainability
July 6, 2018
Vancouver area laundry microplastics are filtering into ocean: Study
Many of the microplastics are in the form of fibres from polyester and rayon clothing.
News
Chemicals Government Manufacturing
General
June 30, 2016
Feds label microbeads used in scrubs a toxic substance
Key step towards outright ban; evidence of the plastic accumulating in lakes and rivers.
News
Chemicals Government Manufacturing
General Sustainability
February 10, 2016
Ottawa to ban plastic microbeads in personal care products
Tiny plastic beads found in facial cleansers, toothpaste are polluting lakes and rivers.
News
Chemicals Manufacturing
General
June 11, 2015
Loblaws to ban microbeads from its products
Ingredients in personal care products wind up in water system, fish.
News
Government Manufacturing
General Sustainability
March 25, 2015
Government to study perils of plastic microbeads
NDP wants a ban: says they’re too tiny to be captured by water treatment plants.
