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Title    Research Finds Biodegradable Alternatives Are No Better for the Environment
Date    Friday October 16 2020, @09:16AM
Author    Fnord666
Topic   
from the a-little-glitter-goes-a-long-way dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=20/10/15/1532221

Phoenix666 writes:

Phys.org:

Glitter is used in a variety of decorative ways, including on clothing, in arts and crafts, and in cosmetics and body paint. Traditional glitter is a form of microplastic consisting of a plastic core made of polyester PET film, which is coated with aluminium and then covered with another thin plastic layer.

Along with other forms of single use microplastics, such as microbeads, there have been efforts to phase out PET glitter with the introduction of more biodegradable alternatives.

One version has a core of modified regenerated cellulose (MRC), sourced mainly from eucalyptus trees, but this is still coated with aluminium for reflectivity and then topped with a thin plastic layer. Another form is mica glitter, which is increasingly used in cosmetics.

However, this new study found that the effects of MRC and mica glitters on root length and chlorophyll levels were almost identical to those of traditional glitter.

Curse Oprah and her movie, A Wrinkle in Time!

Journal Reference:
Dannielle Senga Green, Megan Jefferson, Bas Boots, et al. All that glitters is litter? Ecological impacts of conventional versus biodegradable glitter in a freshwater habitat, Journal of Hazardous Materials (DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124070)


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  1. "Phoenix666" - https://soylentnews.org/~Phoenix666/
  2. "Phys.org" - https://phys.org/news/2020-10-biodegradable-alternatives-environment.html
  3. "A Wrinkle in Time" - http://bunewsservice.com/wrinkle-time-rich-love-diversity-glitter/
  4. "10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124070" - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124070
  5. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=44525

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