GREEN PARTY LEADER NATALIE BENNETT TALKS MICROBEADS WITH CITY TO SEA

At the end of December 2015, Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett made the call for manufacturers to be banned from using microbeads in cosmetics and soaps sold in the UK. She made the announcement after US president Barack Obama signed a new law banning the selling of products with the polluting plastic particles in them.

Microbeads are tiny particles of plastic that are needlessly added to hundreds of personal care products around the world. They pass straight down the sink or shower, into the drains and directly into the sewer system. Our sewage treatment plants can’t filter out microbeads, hence the reason they’re causing havoc in our oceans. A recent analysis estimated that 8 trillion microbeads wind up in aquatic habitats every day in the U.S. alone. That’s enough to cover more than 300 tennis courts every day, according to a scientific opinion article published this month in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.

Talking microbeads with Natalie

So when Natalie Bennett came to Bristol, City to Sea founder Natalie Fee thought she’s ask her what more can be done to bring about a ban in the UK.

Find out more here: http://www.beatthemicrobead.org/

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