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Get a haircut...clean the ocean!
Ever wonder what happens to your hair after you get a trim at the salon? In most cases it simply ends up in our waste streams. But, for a progressively green selection of salons that are starting to turn up, their hair trimmings are cleaning up our oceans and our beaches.
A company called Matter of Trust is on the forefront of this movement. They are currently working with a variety of hair salons across the country, taking their hair trimmings and turning them into “oil spill hairmats”. When the hair trimmings are collected they are weaved into highly adsorbent mats (as in "clings to" unlike absorbent which is to "soak up"). These mats are used on beaches and oceans across the country to clean up oil spills.
Have you ever noticed how greasy your hair can get? I know I have. But then again, I rarely shower. Gotta keep it green! The reason human hair gets so greasy is because it is very efficient at collecting oil. While this may be considered slightly unsanitary for some, it makes human hair ideal for cleaning up petroleum spills. These hairmats are also very efficient for drip pans during oil changes or under leaky cars, and as booms for storm drains. After the hairmats are used they are broken down and used as fertilizer. That is some truly effective recycling!
I have to give a shout out to the person who introduced me to this very cool process, Nicole Leal. She currently works at The Doves Studio in Santa Monica, where she, with the help of the salon’s owner Sonya, implemented the collection of hair trimmings and distribution to Matter of Trust. Nicole is an active environmentalist/blogger/hair stylist/make-up artist and all around awesome person I recently met at the 2009 Sustainable Works “Tomorrow Starts Today” Fundraiser, where she was recognized and awarded for her tireless environmental efforts. For more on Nicole check out http://www.greenmeetsgirl.blogspot.com/ and http://www.nicoleleal.com/. She flippin rocks!


By Erik Lingvall - Green Guys Los Angeles, Everywhere U.S.A.

http://www.greenguysmedia.com/blog/2009/9/18/get-a-haircutclean-the-ocean.html