• jpeps@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    January 2018 for the UK, wild that the US is so behind that even California is only just getting to it.

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      10 hours ago

      we’re really not behind…

      this act banned the beads in most personal care products back in 2015.

      you might be all like “well my enlightened country has a total ban on plastic microbeads, not just in certain products… checkmate atheist!”

      if that’s you and you live in the vast majority of countries, including the aforementioned UK and Canada, then your country doesn’t have an actual ban on these by your definition either!!!

      idk where the OP gets its claim of “first in the nation legislation,” tbh. haven’t read this article yet. might update this comment later.

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        9 hours ago

        Fair enough, thanks for calling me out. I’m glad it’s not as bad as I thought. The article title threw me off as well.