A few months ago, shoppers in Germany were reported to have been stockpiling decorative glitter. That's because it is now officially banned in the EU. Glitter is made of plastic, and since plastic ...

There's a predator in the ocean, and it's not at all what anyone would expect. The culprit: glitter. Glitter is made up of tiny pieces of plastic, also known as microplastics, coated in metal, that ...

Due to its minuscule size and its ease of scattering, glitter is more harmful than other sorts of microplastics.