A nursery has banned children from making Christmas decorations using glitter, suggesting the sustainable alternatives of rice and lentils. A nursery chain has identified glitter as a harmful pollutant, and banned children from using it when making Christmas decorations this year. However, not everyone has access to rice and lentils, so here are some other environmentally friendly glitter alternatives. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Not all that’s Christmassy is glitter: children use lentils and rice to make pictures at Tops Day Nurseries. Ground-up diamondsPasta, quinoa and pastry are all well and good, but they just don’t glitter like glitter does.

Source: The Guardian November 17, 2017 13:30 UTC