I’m triple excited to be part of the Green Salon Creative’s vision and move my wee studio_a114 even further into being sustainable. From end of March this year which also marks me celebrating 3 years in business, I’ll be recycling all salon hair and here’s how! 🌱🤟
The following words are from the Green salon collectives website 🌱🤟 🌱🤟🌱🤟 🌱
How to recycle hair…
We all know that if hair is long enough we can donate it for wigs, but what about the 99.9% of hair that isn't long enough?
There are many ways to recycle hair including, hair booms, hair mats, gardening and composting.
Hair booms & mats?
We all know that hair absorbs oil, we’ve all had oily hair at some point. It was this simple idea that led to the concept of Hair booms & hair mats.
It was an American hairdresser back in 1989 named Phil McCroy who came up with the idea of using hair to stop the spread of oil in the sea.
Essentially, a hair boom is hair cuttings of any length or colour tightly packed into cotton or nylon tubes.
These booms, when placed in either water or on the shores of beaches will stop the oil from spreading, saving wildlife and the natural landscape.
We will also be getting the machinery to make hair mats. Hair mats can be used in a similar way to the booms, they can be used on land, parks, gardens and even your street or driveway. Hair mats can be used for oil or water and there have already been great results seen when used by plumbers, mechanics, and in local parks.
Who in the UK & Ireland are using hair booms?
That’s where we come in. Green Salon Collective will collect your hair (and most other waste) and after soon receiving maritime approval, we will be the first provider of hair booms & mats in the UK.
Hair for Gardening & Composting?
One of the first things we learn about hair is that it is a protein and like other proteins, it will breakdown when composted. So throwing away hair is like throwing away food! We will be giving hair that doesn't make it to a boom or a mat to many farmers and gardeners.
Fezza & Booms
Fezza can turn any length hair into hair mats! Check out this Boom too!
Profits
100% of any money made from selling hair booms & mats goes to charity.
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