Can Glitter Go Down the Drain?

Some are even advocating for a ban on glitter. ... If you do use glitter, be conscious of how much you use and how you dispose of it. Wastewater treatment facilities cannot filter out microplastic, so try to wash as little as possible down the drain. Glitter you cannot store or reuse should be thrown in the garbage.

Why is it bad to put glitter down the drain?

If glitter makes its way into processed wastewater, it can sink and settle into sludge. From there, the glitter might be resuspended in the water if agitated, stay trapped in the sludge for a long time, or be transported to land if sludge is used to fertilize crops.

Can you flush glitter?

The absolute worst thing to do is to flush it down the toilet or dump it in the sink, since that puts it directly into the water system and it would eventually go in the ocean. Please please please whatever you do, don't dispose of your plastic glitter by putting it into our water!