Taiwan to Ban Microbeads in Cosmetics

Referring to the America Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015 which will enter into force on July 1 2017, Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration proposed that it is to ban the manufacture and import of cosmetics and other cleansing products containing microbeads from July 1 2018 and ban their sale from Jan 2020. The official notice is expected to be released before Jun 2017.