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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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[โ€“] drekly@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ah so it's just tiny tiny little harmless microplastics. That shouldn't be of any concern... ๐Ÿ˜‘

[โ€“] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 9 points 1 year ago

Not compared to the amount of microplastic larger products with degrade into.

[โ€“] Carighan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Glitter isn't microplastics.

Like, I'm not saying glitter is not a problematic and rather needless product, but on the list of problematic and rather needless products to get people away from it's quite far down the list.

[โ€“] drekly@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Surely nothing is less use than glitter?

[โ€“] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So everything is more or equally as useless as glitter? According to you? I'm confused now.