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!
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!
I’d be surprised if there isn’t a company making biodegradable glitter
The thing about glitter is, that it is often the waste from other processes cut up finely. You need those processes to use environmentally safe sheets of shiny paper.
There is.
For 15 times the price
I’d buy it for 30x the price. 10 years after having two girls get ready for the millennium in my bathroom (which involved the liberal spraying of glitter) I could still find that shit in crevices.
one quick DDG search, first result: https://thegoodglitter.com/
Edible glitter already exists. I’d have to imagine that it is also biodegradable.
I wouldn’t think it would have to be biodegradable, just inert and non-poisonous
Does that mean I can make my poop glitter?
You certainly can with mica. The downside is mica mining has definite links with child slave labour depending on the source, so, not as fun as hoped. https://brewglitter.com/collections/whiskey-liquor-glitters
Ooh I didn’t know that, interesting stuff
I find their suggestions for DIY glitter questionable, and I couldn’t tell you if all the article’s information is accurate, but Sustainable Jungle’s evaluation of current biodegradable glitters is worth a read, if you’re interested in glitter formulas.
Tl;dr There is active research into cellulose nanocrystals for glitter, which would still have some ecologically negative impacts, but otherwise everything on the market is likely greenwashing, to various degrees.
I’d be surprised if there is, seeing as glitter is made from plastic and aluminium
It’s also apparently used in certain types of kitchen surfaces (quartz or granite if i’m not mistaken) to give them a sparkly finish, not too sure people would be happy to find their kitchen surfaces shine “biodegraded” and looking duller after half a century lol
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