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| ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127   
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Please,
Make it stop..... 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/...nment/amp/ 80" 80" 86" 88" 90" Wanted, Forward Control Anything considered. |
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17th Nov 2017 7:10am |
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| lambert.the.farmer Member Since: 11 Apr 2012 Location: harrogate Posts: 2006  
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What the actual f....? Are they on drugs? Should they be? And here I was thinking I am a fun sponge! Wow, just wow.
 Rhubarb and custard let fly with their secret weapon. |
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17th Nov 2017 7:17am |
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| What puddle? Member Since: 25 Oct 2013 Location: Reading Posts: 952
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Surely, it all depends on how long something takes to break down. If something degrades within a year or so, like a politician's promise, then I think that's ok. But I have to stop Mrs Puddle from throwing glass away, as I read it can take anything from thousands of years to a million years for glass to fully break down. If glitter is made of paper, then it's perfectly fine. However, if it's made of plastic, then we know now that the plastic seems to go on forever...and has just been found in some sea species at the bottom of the Marianas Trench, which I think is over 5 miles down
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17th Nov 2017 9:12am |
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| Kit Member Since: 12 Feb 2016 Location: Shropshire Posts: 1110 
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This is getting beyond ridiculous, i'm still chomping at the bit at that idiot which raised the retirement age to 67... who is now retiring at 61
This Tory government is  . 1993 200 Tdi 90 CSW
1956 Series 1 Hard-top 1958 Series 1 Soft-top |
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17th Nov 2017 9:13am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Ha, ha, parents across the country will be breathing a sigh of relief at not having their cars and living rooms contaminated by the stuff for years to come
 Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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17th Nov 2017 9:17am |
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| Ade90 Member Since: 30 May 2014 Location: Birmingham Posts: 130
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Yep, sounds like a well thought out decision to me.
This should stop me having a sparkly face when I go to work after dropping the kids off at school  Fixing Land Rovers for over 25 years..........and making excuses to the wife for almost as long 
1984 110 V8 - Gone, but not forgotten.... |
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17th Nov 2017 10:08am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17382 
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I may be missing the point, but if glitter, which is essentially utterly pointless, destroys marine life by permanently and irreversibly polluting the oceans, the it seems to me that its use should be discouraged.
I bet parents would be quick enough to call for a ban if little Verruca was blinded after getting some in her eye! It'll only be a matter of time before someone produces biodegradable glitter anyway. |
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17th Nov 2017 11:40am |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8581
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I wonder how much glitter is used in UK nursery schools per year?
Yes plastics can be harmful to the environment. Now would it be more beneficial if those nursery schools instil into the kids how to use plastics correctly and dispose of them correctly? Plastic drinks bottle. Use reuseable ones rather then disposable ones. Re cycle them properly. We have a gym used by children close to our unit. It is amazing the amount of litter, empty water bottle, empty drinks cans and sweet packages are discarded.. Teach the little darlings and their parents to dispose of litter correctly will do a lot more for the environment then a ban on glitter. Get the nursery schools to teach the 3 R's REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE There again the cynic in me wonders if it was done as a publicity stunt! Brendan |
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17th Nov 2017 11:54am |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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I was surprised yesterday when the neighbours grandchild handed me a card covered in glitter. and to be told that you can eat the glitter, told the wife and she said "oh yes you have been able to get it for cake decorations for a long time." Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to us off.
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17th Nov 2017 12:02pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17382
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Apparently the particular chain in question is very "green" and makes a point of its ethics. The spokesman on the news this morning said that they already prohibit single-use plastic drinks bottles and that sort of thing.
The impression that I formed is that the chain uses its green credentials as a USP, no doubt with many parents dropping the kids off in the posh SUV for a day of ethical play before collecting them later. In these circumstances they would have little choice but to ban glitter until a vegetable-based sustainable bioglitter is available. The poor of kids are probably stuffed full of Traidcraft organic bio-yoghurt all day too. I'd be more impressed if they insisted that the kids walk there rather than being driven. |
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17th Nov 2017 12:06pm |
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| jimmythomson Member Since: 18 Jul 2017 Location: Norfolk, UK Posts: 46
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I'm glad that this has happened. The more anti-plastic publicity like this the better in my opinion. Unfortunately this is the smallest of drops in the ocean in comparison to plastic waste created by the fashion industry, food packaging industry and others
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17th Nov 2017 2:30pm |
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| DSC-off Member Since: 16 Oct 2014 Location: North East Posts: 1405 
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"You can't polish a turd. But you can roll it in glitter"
Not any longer apparently. |
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17th Nov 2017 2:47pm |
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| Stacey007 Member Since: 25 Sep 2015 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3750
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Pretty much EVERY day I collect our Kids form the after School club...
Both 10 and 6 and almost each day certainly the 6 year old brings out some 'art work' made with paper, boxes, glue, glitter. As already mentioned most days it's far from dry and most of the Glitter ends up on me as they say Daddy can you carry this, then we place it in the car with again most of the contents falling off onto the carpet. For me to hoover at a later date when set... Thing is THEY are made up with these pieces of ART and cannot wait to show mum. What is the world coming to. Banning glitter in the UK but owning guns in USA is ok....
See how made up he is with his Landrover front Its hard to tell but the lights were 3D done from old plastic containers also, ooh and a box on the floor painted & decorated
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17th Nov 2017 3:02pm |
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| JJ Member Since: 18 May 2009 Location: Winchester Posts: 932 
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Good. I hate glitter
HR064 Hampshire and Berkshire 4x4 Response |
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17th Nov 2017 3:12pm |
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