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Why not Glitter? (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by matcherock@feddit.uk to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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With such a push against single use plastic and mirco plastics etc. Why is glitter left untouched? surely it has to be one of the worse plastic pollutants. Currently getting our Christmas shop ready, and its on everything and gets everywhere!

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[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think most glitters you can buy around here are biodegradable so that

[–] matcherock@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

unfortunately not.

from wiki: Modern glitter is usually manufactured from the combination of aluminum and plastic which is rarely recycled and finds its way into the aquatic habitats eventually becoming ingested by animals, leading some scientists to call for bans on plastic glitter.[8][9][10][11]

[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

around here

Was the key word

I know what glitter is but there's both edible and biodegradable glitter.

The latter is what I was referring to.