By Robyn Muir
Are you a slime lover? Have you ever wondered how bad slime actually is for the environment? Read on to find out more and how you can stop plastic pollution and make safe slime.
Are you a slime lover? Have you ever wondered how bad slime actually is for the environment? Read on to find out more and how you can stop plastic pollution and make safe slime.
Most slime recipes use glue and glitter. Glitter is made up of tiny microplastics which are very harmful to the environment. This leads to sea animals mistaking it for food, which they eat instead of their actual diet. The aftermath of this leads to fish and other sea-dwelling animals dying because they can’t digest microplastics, which blocks their digestive system, stopping their normal food from properly being consumed.
The glue used as the base for slime is also very harmful to the environment. Glue tends to not be recycled, so when it is disposed of, it then goes to landfill sites and remains there until it decomposes, which may not be for hundreds of years. When products have been in the landfill for long enough, they produce harmful gases which are greenhouse gases and contribute to global warming. Landfills also pollute the local environment including the water you drink, the sea and soil.
When you make slime you are basically making a lump of plastic and some recipes encourage you to put glitter in which is also bad for the environment, but you can find a solution to this unfriendliness. You can actually recycle PVA glue, so try to do this after you’re finished with your slime, especially if it doesn’t contain glitter. If you want to reduce plastic waste altogether, an alternative for slime is flour or baking powder mixed with water, which makes a substance called oobleck; you can still have a lot of fun with this alternative so give it a try and you can help save the environment!
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