Legislation and Policy on Pollution Prevention and the Control of Marine Microplastics

• Published in: Water (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 18; p. 2790
• Main Author: Li, Yingying
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 08.09.2022
• Subjects: China; comparative study; Cosmetics; Food chains; issues and policy; laws and regulations; Legislation; Marine pollution; microbeads; microplastics; Plastic pollution; Pollutants; pollution; pollution control; Prevention; Regulation; Toothpaste; water; China

Marine microplastic pollution and plastic pollution are two different things but they are related. In the past 10 years, several countries and regions have issued a ban on microbeads. We analyze the above countries or regions according to three aspects: whether there is special legislation for marin...