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...

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....

Natulique – Hair waste – Why your salon should consider donating

Natulique, Certified Organic Beauty Hair Waste January 19th, 2024 Food, water, energy…people around the world are more and more conscious about wasting natural resources. Did you ever think about how this could include human hair, too? If we braid all the hair that is...

ABC7 – SF Ecologists Testing Human and Animal Hair to Help Grow Plants in Presidio

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — For Noah Teller, precision is a passion, especially when he’s trying to learn how to make things grow. As Ecological and Restoration Coordinator at San Francisco’s Presidio, he’s testing a variety of fertilizers in a tiny...

Forbes Japan – Fuji Rock and the U.S. Air Force also adopted the unexpected use of “cut hair” from U.S. hairdressers

Have you ever seen the hair cut at the beauty salon and thought “it’s a waste”?In the United States and Canada, 31.5 tons of hair are thrown away from beauty salons every day. Under these circumstances, “Matter of Trust Japan” was...