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BHARAT EXPRESS NEWS – How human hair can help tackle the challenges associated with climate change
Scientists say human hair could be the world’s largest sustainable textile that could be used to tackle some key issues related to climate change. There is a movement quietly gaining momentum in the fashion world that is less about what is trendy and more about the...
CORE 77 – The Best Way to Clean Up Oil Spills: Using Human Hair
Brilliant design is when you can take a waste product and transform it into something badly needed. In 1989 Phil McCrory, an Alabama hairdresser, was shampooing a customer's head. The TV in the salon was on, and news footage of the Exxon Valdez oil spill was being...
INTERESTING ENGINEERING – Mats made of human hair may advance oil spill cleanup efforts
Matter of Trust, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization, has been turning hair into thick mats and long tubes that soak up large amounts of oil. CONTINUE READING... Interesting Engineering, May 13th, 2024...
NEW ATLAS – Human hair: A surprisingly effective way to soak up oil spills
In a world of weird, this one ranks up there... A non-profit out of San Francisco, California, is cleaning up oil spills using the naturally adsorbent properties of human hair, woven into thick mats that soak up a gallon and a half at a time. CONTINUE READING......
CBS – Your next shirt could be made from human hair
From fashion houses to environmental non-profits, scientists said human hair may be the next biggest sustainable material. As experts look to find different ways to tackle the effects of climate change, more of these products may soon be in your stores and in your...
KCBS – How you can use your hair (or your dog’s) as natural fertilizer
The hair of the dog isn't just for hangovers-- it can help your garden and ease pollution too! One Bay Area ecology group is employing hair from people and pets to use in the garden via compost and in the ocean to clean up pollution, using hair's natural ability to...
LA TIMES – Use your hair to help your garden or fight pollution. A Bay Area group shows how
Try answering this off the top of your head: What’s an abundant renewable resource that can spur growth in your garden and clear pollutants from bodies of water? The answer, according to a Bay Area nonprofit, is hair. CONTINUE READING... LA TIMES - Use your...
SF GATE – Big mats of human hair are saving Bay Area beaches. You can give yours
For the past few decades, Lisa Craig Gautier and her team at San Francisco-based nonprofit Matter of Trust have used mats made out of human and animal hair to help clean beaches and bodies of water. But, more recently, they have expanded to a new project: using hair...
WASHINGTON POST – Dutch start-up Human Material Loop turns hair into sustainable clothing
This unexpected material might be in your next sweater... Entrepreneurs are looking for ways to recycle human hair, including weaving clippings swept off the floor of salons and barbershops into clothes. CONTINUE READING... Washington Post - Dutch start-up...
KUAF – Clipping for a cause: Hairstream donates discarded hair to clean waterways
Aaron Elam runs a unique hair salon. For one, he operates it out of a converted airstream trailer. Hence its apt name: Hairstream. It’s located right off the Greenway in South Fayetteville. Elam said the uncommon nature of his salon draws many walk-up customers....