No one wants to pay to clean up microplastics — so you might have to

No one wants to pay to clean up microplastics — so you might have to

Europe is trying to ensure that companies responsible for polluting wastewater help pay to clean it up. But as pharmaceutical manufacturers push to delay that requirement, households and local communities could end up footing the bill instead. At the center of the debate is a 2024 European Union wastewater directive requiring large treatment plants to add an extra stage of purification, according to Politico. Under the bloc's "polluter pays" pri…