Re:Facial scrubs polluting Great Lakes with plastic
by sehrope on Friday August 02, 2013 @11:15AM
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> L'Oreal, the Body Shop and Johnson & Johnson all committed to phasing out plastic microbeads by 2015, and Proctor & Gamble said it would do so by 2017.
Unfortunately there's no mention if "phasing out" means production stops or if consumer sales stop. If the production line at PG is running till 2017 they could have tons of this stuff stockpiled for later sale that could take months or years.
Re:Facial scrubs polluting Great Lakes with plastic
by derekp7 on Friday August 02, 2013 @12:54PM
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With the associated cost of inventory. Unless the replacement formula is significantly more expensive, it doesn't make sense to have years of product sitting there collecting dust.
Re:Facial scrubs polluting Great Lakes with plastic
by sehrope on Friday August 02, 2013 @01:37PM
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They themselves might not have years worth but it could take a while to flow through the supply chain, get off store shelves, and be out of consumer's hands.
Unfortunately there's no mention if "phasing out" means production stops or if consumer sales stop. If the production line at PG is running till 2017 they could have tons of this stuff stockpiled for later sale that could take months or years.