Aquabeads and the environment

[RachelElise]

My two children have rediscovered an old aquabeads kit and are currently obsessed with it... I was thinking a refill and new templates might be good stocking fillers. Then I started to wonder if the beads were in any way recyclable or biodegradable.... My instinct says no, but I am struggling to find anything definitive online saying one way or another. Does anyone know? I feel like I can just as easily turn them towards something like decoupage which is probably more environmentally friendly!
Thank you in advance

No idea, but bloody LOL dolls should be banned. Lots of toys are horrific for the environment but we don’t seem to be too bothered.

If I'm being honest I wasn't always that bothered - a year ago this wouldn't even have given me pause. I think it's the throw away nature of some of these toys that bothers me - the bead creations my children make today will be in the bin in a week. Whereas I know some of the plastic toys I buy them for their stockings will be played with daily, stored away, brought out, played with again....

I include myself in the not too bothered! If I was my house wouldn’t be over run with lego. It’s the thought of plastic heading straight for the bin that makes me

It's all the shitty plastic that comes with things that once the 'ingredients'are used up become worthless landfill; bath bomb kits, science experiment kits and the such like and don't get me started on LOL Dolls of which which DD has around 100 to my shame.

If you want to recycle them, mix them in with compost or soil in containers or use them in vases. Saves you having to water so often.

They were originally used in floristry to fill vases.