Rights: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), CC BY-NC 2.0 Published 30 August 2019 Size: 2.9 MB Referencing Hub media

Plastic microbeads are used in general cleaning products and personal care products such as exfoliating face scrubs. The use of these (outside of medicines and medical equipment) has been banned in New Zealand since December 2017.

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    Microplastics

    Microplastics are very small plastic particles generally less than 5 mm in size. Some people also distinguish microplastics from even smaller plastics, termed nanoplastics, that are less than ...

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