The Glitter Conspiracy, also known as Glitter Gate,The Great Glitter Conspiracyor the Glitter Mystery, refers to aconspiracy theoryabout the New Jersey-based glitter company Glitterex and who its mysterious top buyer is. Due to the pollution that plastic glitter causes in the earth's oceans, the banning of glitter has been called for — however, a mysterious industry still buys and uses most of the world's glitter supply for an unknown purpose. A Glitterex manager (Lauren Dyer) hinted at what the mystery industry was in 2018, but never revealed it, causing speculation across Reddit,Twitterand Tik Tok, peaking again in October 2022 due to an alleged "glitter shortage."
