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KL Magazine – From Salon to Soil
KL Magazine, UK Jenna Stevens shares the story of Norfolk's remarkable eco-revolution as a unique project aims to enrich our county's soils. CONTINUE READING... KL Magazine - From Salon to Soil May 2025 https://www.klmagazine.co.uk/articles/from-salon-to-soil...
Wattle_Media – Human Hair is Being Used to Clean Up Oil Spills
wattle_media Human hair is being used to clean up oil spills, including BP’s Deepwater Horizon spill! 💇 🧽 CONTINUE READING... Instagram - Wattle_Media and Matter of Trust - Human Hair to Clean Up Oil Spills March 25th, 2025...
Instagram – 60 Seconds and Matter of Trust – Human Hair for Oil Spills
60secdocs Human hair can absorb five times its weight in oil and, though unconventional, is one of the most sustainable and eco-friendly methods for aiding oil spills. Matter of Trust @matteroftrust repurposes human hair, animal fur, wool and fleece to create...
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...