PCPC Defending Against Indiscriminate Plastic Ingredient Attacks

24 Jan 2018

• By Ryan Nelson and Lauren Nardella

The Personal Care Products Council is working to counter misleading NGO campaigns targeting plastic ingredients in cosmetics, an issue that has European regulators exploring bans that could exceed US microbeads law. Beat the Microbead's messaging is of particular concern, the trade group says.

Rising environmental consciousness and concerns specifically about the world's plastic problem continue to drive regulatory clampdowns on the lowest-hanging fruit among industry contributors, cosmetics.

Media reports abounded in 2017 regarding table salt sprinkled with microplastics, plastic microfiber cocktails posing as