DW – A hairdresser using hair to save the sea

A hairdresser makes use of her customers’ cut hair to make special mats to help clean the coast and sea in event of oil spills in her native country Wales. Human hair is a natural oil absorber. CONTINUE READING…   DW, Dec 1st, 2022...

BBC – Using Human Hair to Fight Oil Spills

Usually our hair is thrown away after it’s cut. But a hairdresser in Wales has been using her customers’ hair to make special mats, which are used to help the planet. CONTINUE READING…   BBC – Using Human Hair to Fight Oil Spills July 8th,...

CNN – Human hair is being used to clean up oil spills

Lisa Gautier receives nearly a dozen parcels of human hair every day. This would be unnerving for most, but Gautier knows that the blonde and brunette locks, and all the other shades, will become something wonderfully “green.” With her San-Francisco-based...