Beat the Microbead 4+

Name: Beat the Microbead
Rating: 4.4 (415 reviews)
Author: Plastic Soup Foundation

Plastic Soup Foundation

Ontworpen voor iPhone

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Beschrijving

The Beat the Microbead app is the fastest way to learn if your cosmetics and personal care products contain plastic ingredients. This app uses state-of-the-art text recognition technology. Just scan the ingredients of your products and check them for microplastics. Not only that, but you can also get to know microplastic-free brands certified by us.

How does it work?

It’s straightforward: you can scan products with four easy steps:
- Find the ingredients list on your product.
- Position the full list within your camera frame.
- Make sure the ingredients are clear to read.
- Take a picture to scan!

A traffic light rating system

- RED: Products that contain microplastics.
- ORANGE: Products that contain what we call “sceptical” microplastics. With this, we mean synthetic polymers for which there is not enough information available.
- GREEN: Products that do not contain microplastics.

Help us enrich our database!

Every time you add a product to our database, you help us build a case against microplastics. With every product information, we can create evidence and convince authorities about the extensive use of plastic ingredients. A bit of extra effort on your side makes you a part of the fight against microplastics in cosmetics and care products. So, go ahead, scan the barcode of your product and help us get some more information!

By adding the products to our database, you can also discover our certified microplastic-free brands. These brands have their entire range of products free of all known microplastic ingredients.

Why is it important?

Plastic in cosmetics is a global problem! Microplastics are hardly visible ingredients that pollute our planet & may pose health risks. These microplastics, hardly visible to the naked eye, flow straight from the bathroom drain into the sewer system. Microplastics are not biodegradable, and once they enter the (marine) environment, they are almost impossible to remove.

Sea animals absorb or eat microplastics; these particles are passed along the marine food chain. Since humans are ultimately at the top of this food chain, it is likely that we also ingest microplastics.

Using body washes or cosmetics that contain microplastics can put the ocean, ourselves, and our children at risk! With this app, you can get aware of this issue and make environmentally friendly choices.

Who is behind this app?

The collaborators behind this app include the following partners:

Plastic Soup Foundation: NGO based in Amsterdam, initiators of the worldwide campaign “Beat the Microbead”. Their mission: No plastic in our water or our bodies!

PINCH: a renowned mobile development agency from Amsterdam that is proud of their work for the Plastic Soup Foundation.

2 apr. 2024

Versie 3.1.1

A small update, so that the app works even better, the barcode scanner is working again. Your feedback about the app is welcome and we try to include as much as possible in next updates.

4,4 van 5

415 beoordelingen

Prima initiatief, maarrr….

Ik sta hier helemaal achter en gebruik deze app frequent. Maar doe ik iets verkeerd, of?
Lijkt mij logisch te kunnen starten met het scannen van een barcode als die voor handen is. Als de barcode in de database staat, geef dan de bijbehorende informatie en laat de gebruiker anders informatie aanvullen op de wijze zoals nu ook gebeurt.
Op deze wijze kan de gebruiker in een winkel adhv de barcode op de verpakking controleren of het product dat die wil aanschaffen milieuvriendelijk is op microplastic gebied (voor zover in de database aanwezig uiteraard). Het lijkt nu een beetje eenwegverkeer van de gebruiker naar de database en dat bevordert het enthousiasme niet.

Nonsense from Chemical and Regulatory point of view. Populistic app

This is a complete nonsense which lead to misunderstanding. The list in this app is based on the initial list from ECHA(European Chemical agency) which is not definitive and was compiled for the purpose of consultation and impact assessments for toxicologists. They just copy-pasted all possible polymers based on INCI names (which is very insufficient as a physical state is also important to claim whether this polymers is considered as microplastic or not). Liquid (non solid) polymers and water soluble polymers (>2 g/L) are also in this list. European Chemical Agency points out that “this list does not imply that’s these polymers would meet a regulatory definition of a microplastics”.

Scannen

Ideaal deze app, maar zou het niet handiger zijn om eerst de barcode te scannen om te kijken of het product al in de database staat?
Nu dien je eerst de ingrediënten te scannen en dat is niet altijd even succesvol door de vorm van de verpakking. Maar het lijkt nu ook dat je alsnog een gescande product in moet voeren en daarbij pakt de app de barcode niet meer en dien je deze altijd handmatig in te voeren.
Dat was voorheen niet het geval (barcode allemaal handmatig invoeren).

De ontwikkelaar, Plastic Soup Foundation, heeft aangegeven dat volgens de toepassing van het privacybeleid van de app gegevens kunnen worden beheerd zoals hieronder staat beschreven. Ga voor meer informatie naar het privacybeleid van de ontwikkelaar.