30 Jan 2024 --- The EU says it will force cosmetic companies to pay 80% of extra micropollutant clean-up costs to try to protect the environment and bolster industry responsibility. The European Council and Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on revising the urban wastewater treatment directive. “The agreement with the parliament puts us on the right track to reach our zero-pollution objective for Europe. It paves the way for the highest standards to be set for treating urban wastewater and monitoring it so that it does not release harmful substances, like microplastics or PFAS, into the environment,” says Alain Maron, minister of the government of the Brussels-Capital region, Belgium.
