{"id":4384,"date":"2019-09-13T14:32:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T13:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4384"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:41:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:41:57","slug":"glitter-ban-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/2019\/09\/13\/glitter-ban-latest\/","title":{"rendered":"Glitter Ban latest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\">M&amp;S cut back on the \"magic and sparkle\"<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Marks &amp; Spencer has removed glitter from its entire 2019 Christmas celebration range as part of an effort to improve the recyclability of its products and curb the amount of microplastics that households end up churning out into the natural world.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">All Christmas cards, wrapping paper, tags, gift bags, calendars and crackers sold at M&amp;S will be glitter-free, the retailer has announced. Product designers have replaced the sparkly stuff with \u201cinnovative paper patterns\u201d and foil to add pizzazz to the plainer packaging.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">M&amp;S has also added instructions on the back of its wrapping paper rolls to encourage customers to ensure the packaging will be accepted by recycling facilities. Tips include removing sticky tape and any add-ons such as bows that would \"contaminate\" the paper and prevent it from being recycled. The company has also promised to make all its greeting cards and gift-wrapping products glitter-free by the end of 2020.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Meantime, M&amp;S rival Waitrose announced in December last year\u00a0that it would phase out glitter on all own-brand products by Christmas 2020.<\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\">Festival clamp-down<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Until recently festival goers could frequently be seen adorned with the decorative sparkles. But in 2018 dozens of festivals including Bestival, Oxjam and Field Day pledged to ban the sale of plastic glitter on-site within the next three years as part of an initiative to eliminate all single-use plastic from their events.<\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\">Strictly feels the pressure<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Since\u00a0Strictly started in 2004, make-up artists have daubed celebrities in 150 litres of liquid glitter eye shadow, as well as working their way through 1,200 sets of fake eyelashes and 1,000 bottles of nail polish. But shortly after the 'rinse-off' microbead ban announced by the government last year the BBC announced TV\u2019s most sparkle-tastic show would be switching to a biodegradable glitter.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A spokesman for the show said: \u201cAll our liquid glitter used in the theme weeks is sourced from\u00a0Burt\u2019s Bees which is all biodegradable, and this series we will also be using biodegradable makeup wipes.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\">Small nursery ban \/ Big impact<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Cheryl is naturally delighted that her very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-dorset-42023245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public and proactive glitter ban<\/a> just before Christmas 2017 has had such an impact across the globe, but the sheer volume and permanence of plastic waste in our seas and waterways demands more and better solutions!<\/p>\n<p><!-- .postContent --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><blockquote>\n<p>This article is adapted from a story by Katie Grant that first appeared in inews, published 30th August 2019 and available at\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/news\/consumer\/marks-and-spencer-glitter-removed-christmas-cards-wrapping-paper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">inews.co.uk\/news\/consumer\/marks-and-spencer-glitter-removed-christmas-cards-wrapping-paper<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4384"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13753,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4384\/revisions\/13753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}