EU bans loose glitter

[Paws]

Sorry not sorry, all you drag queens and glitter bois:

European Commission Adopts Measures Restricting Intentional Microplastics

The measures will prohibit the sale of microplastics and of products to which microplastics have been added intentionally and that release those microplastics when used.

www.cosmeticsandtoiletries.com

From sports fields to cosmetics: microplastics to be banned in the EU in the future - Granules on artificial turf fields and other sports facilities are largest source of added microplastic releases, commission says

(dpa) The sale of microplastics in a wide variety of areas is gradually being banned in the European Union. New rules from the EU Commission will ban the sale of microplastics as such in the futur ...

www.chemeurope.com

Thanks for caring about the environment

 

[LeicsDom]

There has been non-plastic glitter available for ages.

 

[EddMarkStarr]

Never realized that once released, maybe it never goes away!

Can you imagine working in a factory the makes the stuff? Better wear filter mask - nasty if you breath it in.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

Who do they think they are? Our goal is for the entire planet to be covered in a 3-mile deep layer of trash by the year 2050, this is going to set us back a few weeks AT LEAST.

 

[unloadonme]

Similarly, England has just banned the sale of single-use plastic cutlery.

Ban on single-use plastic cutlery comes into force in England

Polystyrene cups and balloon sticks are also banned in England as part of efforts to cut waste.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[LeicsDom]

Never realized that once released, maybe it never goes away!

Can you imagine working in a factory the makes the stuff? Better wear filter mask - nasty if you breath it in.

Just as bad, think of all the glitter that seeps into your clothes

 

[LeicsDom]

Similarly, England has just banned the sale of single-use plastic cutlery.

Ban on single-use plastic cutlery comes into force in England

Polystyrene cups and balloon sticks are also banned in England as part of efforts to cut waste.

www.bbc.co.uk

And most big companies now use paper straws, just like the good old days

 

[EddMarkStarr]

And most big companies now use paper straws, just like the good old days

Yes, it all attempts to return us to the world I remember before plastics were in common use. As a child I saw waxed paper used for all sorts of packaging.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

They can take my glitter from my cold dead manicured and moisturized hands.

 

[LeicsDom]

Yes, it all attempts to return us to the world I remember before plastics were in common use. As a child I saw waxed paper used for all sorts of packaging.

Remember when bread came in waxed paper? Great for wrapping sandwiches and easily biodegradable

 

[Paws]

There has been non-plastic glitter available for ages.

I know. But tell that the unreasonable women who are now hamstering all the plastic glitter they can and criticizing the ban on their Tik Tok account.

 

[NotHardUp1]

You'd think they'd have devised a process to refine asbestos, glass wool, or talcum into glitter by now.

I swear we live in the Dark Ages.

 

[EddMarkStarr]

Yes, you can eat glitter but not all glitter is edible.