EU Wastewater Treatment Rule Draws ‘Unprecedented’ Cosmetics Industry Legal Challenge

The cosmetics industry in Europe, along with pharmaceuticals, has been directed to financially cover updates to European Union wastewater plants as part of an extended producer liability approach.

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Trade association Cosmetics Europe is seeking fairness in its plea for financial relief from provisions in the revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, which it says relies on “significant miscalculations” to determine the cosmetics industry’s contribution toward continent-wide wastewater treatment upgrades to remove micropollutants.

According to the updated directive, which was published in the European Union Official Journal in December, the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries would together bear

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