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 ...

In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, hundreds of thousands of people cover themselves in glitter for the biggest party in the world, ...

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 ...

A bit of glitter is like a bottle of champagne on New Year’s Eve: It’s all fun and games until the next morning. Traditional glitter is a microplastic, which means most of it ends up in bodies of ...

While glitter may add some much needed sparkle into our lives, anyone who has a young child—or simply loves to embrace the glitz—knows just how difficult it is to get rid of afterwards. It’s also what ...