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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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[–] IoSapsai@lemm.ee 53 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Seeing the comments here and people don't even realise how widespread glitter is. It's in everything and used in a variety of industries. From pharmaceuticals to construction, to transport, vehicles, military... in fact the one of the biggest consumers of glitter is kept secret so who knows, could be the military. It won't surprise me. We really need to find an alternative.

[–] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I thought i read somewhere that the biggest consumers of glitter are the auto makers because it's in nearly all the paint.

[–] IoSapsai@lemm.ee 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That sparkly quartz kitchen top? Yeah...crushed quartz and glitter to make it sparkle. As I said, it's everywhere.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 14 points 1 year ago

Interesting. Not surprising, but that's one I didn't think about.

Still, that's one use that's not making anything worse, right? I mean, that counter is going to be used for decades, and when it does go to the landfill, the glitter in it is hardly going to make a difference.

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I see you watched that YouTube video too 😉

[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Best guess seems to be Crest Toothpaste

https://www.dentalbuzz.com/2014/03/04/crest-imbeds-plastic-in-our-gums/

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

This is from 2014. Can you still buy these products in the US?

At least in the EU, solid microplastics within cosmetics have been forbidden since 2018 (silicones etc. are still allowed unfortunately).

[–] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Hmm so it would seem. Most recent thing I found was from 11m ago and says the toothpaste theory is bunk but no real answer has been found.