Wednesday, 2 May 2018

Glitter is Litter: 60+ music festivals have just banned glitter

Glitter is Litter: 60+ music festivals have just banned glitter

Turns out, despite its status as a festival fashion stalwart, glitter is actually really bad for the environment. Plastic pollution has become a burning issue in recent months. Like those plastic microbeads that have been banned from your shower gel, glitter is a microplastic. Worse, it’s often coated with metal. Like microbeads, glitter tends to end up in our rivers and oceans, usually following showering or washing clothes.

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