Petition urges UK government to ban plastic microbeads
by Gareth Simkins for ENDS, part of the Guardian Envi from on (#139Q8)
Greenpeace petition calling for UK to follow US and ban use of microbeads in cosmetics has collected more than 140,000 signatures, reports ENDS
The UK government is being urged to ban the use of plastic microbeads in cosmetics.
More than 140,000 people have backed a petition launched by Greenpeace UK just three weeks ago, saying the UK should follow the US in forbidding the use of "these wholly unnecessary bits of plastic".
