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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      1 year ago

      Damn, dude. I never even thought of synthetic fabrics as a source. Plastic is one of the worst things we could have ever made.

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        1 year ago

        It’s also one of the most useful things we’ve ever made. Medical devices alone. The problem is mismanagement and overuse for profit by bad actors who lied to the world and said not to worry cause it’s all being reused again and again in this closed feedback loop called recycling