 Italy has drafted legislation to ban microbeads in rinse-off cosmetics on 1 January 2020.The Netherlands was the first country to announce its intent to be free of microbeads in cosmetics by the end of 2016.State Secretary for Infrastructure and the Environment Mansveld has said she is pleased with the progress made by the members of the Nederlandse Cosmetica Vereniging (NCV), the Dutch trade organisation for producers and importers of cosmetics, who have ceased using microbeads or are working towards removing microbeads from their product.