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.