Download 'Beat the Microbead App'. Before buying any personal care product or cosmetic, scan the barcode with your smartphone camera to know whether the product contains plastic microbeads.

If it does, please refuse the product and find a more eco alternative that contains only natural ingredients that are kinder to our planet.

Help us out! If you find a product that is still not in our database, please send us pictures of this product by using the app. You should look for one of the following names on the ingredient list: polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), nylon or Poly(methyl) methacrylate (PMMA).

The 'Beat the Microbead' app was developed by The North Sea Foundation (Stichting de Noordzee) and the Plastic Soup Foundation.