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NDCEE – Sustainable Management of Operational Waste Streams
National Defense Center for Energy & Environment (NDCEE) ENVIRONMENTAL, SAFETY, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & ENERGY PROJECTS NDCEE advances technologies by performing demonstration, validating, and transitioning technologies for military application at DoD...
Fox News – LI student recycles hair to protect the planet
Our hair can now do more than help us look good. A high school student on Long Island is using the trimmings from haircuts to help save the planet. FOX 5 NY’s Jodi Goldberg explains how the locks are being turned into a product that keeps harmful chemicals from...
Malibu Times – Local salon finds innovative uses for old hair and hair extensions
Remember learning in school that resourceful ancient civilizations used all available resources to perform vital societal functions and never discarded anything? It’s kind of the anthropological illustration of the old proverb that one must work with what he’s got....
THE HINDU – Best Out of Waste
India is one of the largest economies in the world today, fuelled by a wave of start-ups and entrepreneurship. However, many still believe that business is solely about making a profit. They often overlook the fact that entrepreneurship is a broad spectrum, including...
THE WILDEST – Wait, Before You Toss All That Pet Hair—Donate It
Have you ever looked at a fur ball that accumulated after giving your pet a nice brush and wondered, “Could this help reduce oil pollution?” Yeah, neither have we, but Lisa Gautier, founder and president of Matter of Trust, sure has. CONTINUE READING... ...
Hair Matters – A Film by Rhiannon Johnston
2024 Hearst National Multimedia Championship - First Prize Matter of Trust, founded by Lisa Gautier, is a nonprofit focused on environmental sustainability by linking surplus materials with needs. Their Hair Matters program collects hair, fur, and wool fibers to make...
REUTERS – Innovative Chileans use discarded hair to clean up coasts and waterways
SANTIAGO, June 4 (Reuters) - Luisana Gil, a dog groomer in Santiago, Chile, has a lot of hair on her hands - she throws away bags and bags of her clients' hair, which until recently went straight to the landfill. Now Gil is connecting her discarded pet hair with...
LOCAL12 – A hair away from changing the world: How this non-profit is using their heads to clean oil
(WKRC) - A non-profit organization uses an often discarded part of the body to clean up deadly oil spills: the hair on your head. No, they won't flip you over and use you like a mop. Matter of Trust has developed a variety of programs to stimulate and protect the...
BGR – Human hair may be the key to cleaning up deadly oil spills
What if the key to cleaning up deadly oil spills in the ocean was right there on your head? According to Matter of Trust, a non-profit organization started by Lisa and Patrice Gautier, it is. They say human hair acts as a natural oil spill cleanup tool that’s...
CBS – How human hair can help tackle challenges associated with climate change series
Scientists are saying human hair could be the biggest sustainable textile on the planet that can be used to address some major issues linked to climate change. There's a movement quietly gaining momentum in the fashion world that is less about what's trendy and more...