trashcan

$$$ > everything

Pretty sad and embarrassing that we haven’t already but better late than never.

Made illegal in Canada in 2017.

In June 2017, the Microbeads in Toiletries Regulations were published in the Canada Gazette, Part II: Vol. 151, No. 12 - June 14, 2017. These regulations help protect the environment by reducing the quantity of plastic microbeads entering Canadian freshwater and marine ecosystems

The regulations prohibit the manufacture, import, and sale of toiletries used to exfoliate or cleanse that contain plastic microbeads, including non-prescription drugs and natural health products. For the purposes of the regulations, plastic microbeads include any plastic particle equal to or less than 5 mm in size. The types of toiletries covered include products such as bath and body products, skin cleansers and toothpaste.

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You should probably crosspost this to !meta@programming.dev

I took over !adultswim@lemm.ee after the creator disappeared but instead of remaking it I’m going to direct people to the unaffiliated !adultswim@adultswim.fan

Edit: wait, I’m misremembering, I was thinking of another community I took over.

@andromedusgalacticus@lemm.ee is still around sometimes. Sorry, you cool with this?