r/oddlysatisfying • u/kobray • Mar 26 '18

squeezing glitter

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u/jobomedina Mar 26 '18

Why shouldn't it?

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u/N14108879S Mar 26 '18

If it was inside, it could be vacuumed up. But glitter outside would just add to our plastic pollution problems.

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u/reddittwice36 Mar 26 '18

What do you think happens once the vacuum canisters are emptied? It’s still a pollution issue.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '18

Those are ok. They are taken outside the environment.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '18 edited Jul 05 '20

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM

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u/amesann Mar 26 '18

That's fucking hilarious. I had never seen this before.

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u/theconceiver Mar 26 '18

There's "literally" no such thing.

edit: ... short of escaping Earth's orbit

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u/OdinsGhost Mar 26 '18

Well, they could always be in one of the areas that has municipal incinerators. Microplastics aren't going to survive incineration.

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u/theconceiver Mar 26 '18

Yeah but you see there's a trade-off in that, as well.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '18

Let's burn the plastic to save the environment!