On 23 July 2024, Scotland notified a draft Statutory Instrument drawn up in the name of environmental protection, designed to ban the supply and sale of wipes containing plastic. The ban, which will apply from April 2026, will apply in particular to cosmetic wipes.
The key points of the draft Regulation
• These regulations propose to introduce a ban on the supply and sale of wet wipes containing plastic.
• It will apply to beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), including sunscreen or suntan preparations and to manicure or pedicure products. This particularly includes baby wipes, cosmetic wipes, and personal hygiene wipes.
• It will apply in Scotland from 30 April 2026. England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (the other nations of the UK) will introduce their own legislation of the same intent and scope to ban wet wipes containing plastic in each of their respective nations.
Notification Date
23 July 2024
Products covered
• Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), including sunscreen or suntan preparations; manicure or pedicure products. (CCCN 3304990000)
• Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 3401. (HS 3402)
• Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plantgrowth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or …
