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Glitter on greeting cards and decorations ain’t good for the environment
Posted on 4/29/22 at 8:01 pm
Posted on 4/29/22 at 8:01 pm
Glitter is a type of micro plastic.
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The majority of commercial products that contain glitter, whether these are single-use items, such as greeting cards, or more permanent items such as Christmas tree decorations, use inorganic glitter — chiefly plastics such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and also polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Glitter is usually layered with other materials like aluminum, which gives it an extra sparkle. Underneath the microscope, it is possible to see the huge variation of glitter shapes and sizes: hexagons, squares, rectangles and even hearts and stars ranging from 6.25 mm to a truly tiny 0.05 mm.
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Glitter may grace your greeting cards, decorations or craft projects for just a few weeks, but it will hang around for much longer. Microplastics break down under UV light, which changes the structure of the plastic by the mechanical action of water and by microbes. Some plastics, like PVC, contain something called plasticizers, which can extend the degradation time of plastic. Given that plastics already take hundreds, possibly thousands, of years to decompose, this is a serious environmental threat
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Posted on 4/29/22 at 8:02 pm to weagle99
It sure as shite ain't good for the house. I'm still finding it from Christmas.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 8:03 pm to weagle99
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Glitter is essentially a flattened microbead, a material banned in the U.S. in 2015 for its detrimental effects to our environment," says Rebecca Richards, the founder of eco-friendly glitter company BioGlitz. "Glitter was able to fly under the radar of this ban and it is still used today in countless products." Like the outlawed microbeads, glitter is considered a microplastic, which poses a very real threat to environment.
“Microplastics are less than five millimeters long," explains Susan Stevens, the CEO and founder of Made with Respect. When these particles get rinsed down the drain, they end up in the sewer system. "They are too small to be filtered out in water treatment plants, and in most cases, end up in our waterways, contributing to the pollution of rivers, lakes and oceans." Once introduced to the water supply, microplastics are consumed by marine life and subsequently end up in our food chain.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 8:05 pm to weagle99
Environment be damned, I don't give a shite if glitter is banned forever. Don't give me any of that "muh small government" shite either, it gets EVERYWHERE
Posted on 4/29/22 at 8:05 pm to LegendInMyMind
I delivered some wine in glitter bags 3 years ago for our office. Still cleaning that stuff out of my truck.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 8:09 pm to weagle99
Posted on 4/29/22 at 8:13 pm to Korkstand
Posted on 4/29/22 at 8:13 pm to LegendInMyMind
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It sure as shite ain't good for the house.
You’re pretty much on my shite list if you give me a gift in a bag with glitter on it
Posted on 4/29/22 at 8:15 pm to weagle99
Glitter belongs on strippers titties, not greeting cards!!
Posted on 4/29/22 at 8:16 pm to LSUJML
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You’re pretty much on my shite list if you give me a gift in a bag with glitter on it
Imagine being this dumb lol
Posted on 4/29/22 at 8:26 pm to Ingeniero
Put me on the “Ban Glitter” petition. Along with styrofoam packing peanuts. The world would be a better place without them.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 9:04 pm to Randman
I've been cussing glitter since before the dawn of time, the family knows what not to do.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 9:11 pm to calcotron
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the family knows what not to do.
Imagine being such an annoying, sour, angry POS that your whole family has to refrain from buying glitter because of how unreasonably upset you get
Posted on 4/29/22 at 9:43 pm to Tiger1242
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Imagine being such an annoying, sour, angry POS that your whole family has to refrain from buying glitter because of how unreasonably upset you get
Imagine being so far off on your inferences, mistaking annoyance and comedic dramatics for true malign. You are clearly affected.
Posted on 4/29/22 at 10:05 pm to LegendInMyMind
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It sure as shite ain't good for the house. I'm still finding it from Christmas
This is one ban I could possibly get on board with.
glitterPosted on 4/29/22 at 10:10 pm to Midget Death Squad
Posted on 4/29/22 at 10:12 pm to BPTiger
You wanna end the war in Ukraine? Send Putin one glitter bomb every day until he gives up.
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