Be it crushed stones or ground plastic ... stuff. Glitter is now at the center of an exhibition currently running at Hamburg's Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe. The show explores the material's ...

Anyone who’s ever been on the receiving end of a glitter-filled birthday ... Even if the tiny plastic flakes aren’t eaten by an animal, the material gradually leeches chemicals into the ...

Some glitter can also be made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), another plastic material. “Glitter can contain any number of materials that are shiny, highly colored, or iridescent,” says Robert C. Hale, ...

Traditional glitter is a microplastic, which means most of it ends up in bodies of water after a single use. Earlier this year, the European Union banned the sale of loose-plastic glitter entirely ...

Glitter is the bane of every parent and primary school teacher. But beyond its general annoyance factor, it's also made of toxic and unsustainable materials, and contributes to plastic pollution.

Most glitter products are made from plastic, which contributes to the ... when microplastics collect in their systems, and the material can even make its way up the food chain to end up on our ...

The European Union has officially banned the sale of loose plastic glitter and some other products that contain microbeads, part of a push to cut environmentally harmful microplastic pollution in ...

Traditional glitter is made of plastic, and while there are some eco-glitters on the market they are not fully made out of plant materials Now UK researchers have made a new type of glitter made ...

Traditional glitter is a microplastic, which means most of it ends up in bodies of water after a single use. Earlier this year, the European Union banned the sale of loose-plastic glitter entirely ...