In a street-theatre action a Greenpeace activist wearing a “microbeads-filled” toothpaste costume talks to people to raise awareness on hazardous microbeads widely used in cosmetic and personal care products.
Microbeads are tiny plastic particles found in products from toothpaste to body cleansers. Too small to be filtered by most water treatment systems, the particles end up in rivers, oceans and the food chain, harming marine life and polluting the entire ecosystem.