ATTENTION graduates: This grad season, let’s ditch the confetti and let your legacy live on through the photos you take and the memories you make! note: all litter found in this video was promptly cleaned up! Did you know that plastic confetti and glitter take 1,000 years to fully decompose? That means that any confetti or glitter used in your graduation photos on campus won’t go away. Rather, they risk ending up in the Arboretum Waterway or Putah Creek. Most are also considered microplastics, which contain many toxic compounds that threaten human and animal health alike. Remember, #GlitterIsLitter! To learn more, please click the link on our profile page, then click on the thumbnail image for this post. Video description: A UC Davis student is stopped as they throw confetti litter found in front of Mrak Hall. Together, the two students clean up the litter and show off environmentally friendly confetti alternatives for graduation photos. This includes native seeds, flower petals,...