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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...
Scotch Plains Salon Aiding Gulf Oil Spill Clean-up – May 2010
Strut Your Cut is collecting hair clippings that will help soak up the millions of gallons of crude that has leaked into the Gulf of Mexico since April 20. This month at Scotch Plains hair salon Strut Your Cut, "Your haircut's a lifesaver," says manager Kelly...
Leeds hair to be used to mop up US oil spill – May 2010
A Leeds hairdresser is at the cutting edge of plans to save the Gulf Of Mexico from environmental disaster. Human hair from a Headingley salon is being used to mop up the damage caused by a ruptured oil well which threatens to spill over and destroy the coastline in...
Staunton Business Helping with Gulf Oil Cleanup
Scientists say the threat of oil moving from the Gulf of Mexico to Florida and beyond is great. There are some local businesses pitching in to help stop the flow. The Hair Cuttery in Staunton jumped on board Tuesday, donating all its hair clippings to Matter of...