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Operation gives new meaning to oily hair – May 2010
Your tresses or even your dog's fur could help mop up the catastrophic oil mess in the Gulf of Mexico. Multiple hair salons and pet grooming studios across Southwest Florida are joining a nationwide effort to collect the clippings to make booms that will absorb oil...
Oil cleanup company is not using collected hair -May 2010
OMAHA — Hair today, Gulf tomorrow? Salons across Omaha are clipping and saving bags and boxes of hair as part of a nationwide drive to help soak up the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. One problem: The company at the center of the massive cleanup effort in the...
Head shave appeal to save environment – May 2010
One hair salon in Cardiff is appealing for people to shave their heads to mop up spilt oil Johnsons Hairdressers on Cathays Terrace are inviting people to shave their heads to protect the environment. The hair salon is taking part in the Hair Today Gone Tomorrow...
Get a Gulf cut – May 2010
Southern Oregon University's Ecological Center of the Siskiyous is encouraging locals to get a haircut and send their locks to a nonprofit that's making oil-absorbing booms using the hair. By Hannah Guzik Posted May. 20, 2010 at 2:00 AM Today marks the one-month...
Remington College donates hair clippings for Gulf oil spill relief – May 2010
A Houston college’s cosmetology program is donating leftover hair clippings to help clean up the Gulf oil spill. Remington College is collecting discarded hair clippings at its three Houston campuses and donating them to San Francisco-based nonprofit Matter of Trust,...
Hair of the dog helps tackle oil spill – May 2010
THE hair of the dog has long been touted as a fool-proof remedy, but it has never been used to deal with a multi-million-barrel oil slick. Now three dog-groomers from south Oxfordshire are bagging up the trimmings from their canine clients and sending them to the Gulf...
Combing the depths: Local stylists gather hair to help clean up oil in Gulf – May 2010
Hair stylists in Middle Georgia are sweeping up hair that will be used to soak up the spreading oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico. Donators are part of a larger project organized by Matter of Trust, a charity organization operating out of San Francisco. Matter of Trust...
Hairy Situation
OILY STRANDS: In light of the recent and tragic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Van Michael Salon is collecting and donating hair to help in the cleaning efforts of the spill. Instead of throwing the extra hair away from a haircut, they are saving it and donating it...
Dog groomer sends pet hair to fight oil spill – MAY 2010
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - A northern Ontario pet groomer is donating all the shop's cut dog hair to create mats to help soak up the oil in the Gulf Coast. The hair from Doggie Styles Pet Grooming in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., was previously bagged up and sent to the...
Group collecting hair from Midlands salons for Gulf Coast cleanup
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - BP has accepted a boom made from human hair collected from Columbia salons to help with the oil spill clean up, the environmental group Matter of Trust announced Wednesday. More than a dozen Midlands salons have already pledged donations to the...