LRYTAS – Jūsų plaukai gali išgelbėti pasaulį

Sruogos, kurios krenta ant žemės jus kerpant, gali padėti gelbėjant pasaulį. Skamba keistai ir neįtikėtinai, tačiau tai yra tiesa – mat žmonių plaukais yra valoma nafta vandens telkiniuose išsiliejusi nafta. CONTINUE READING…   Lrytas, Jun 23rd, 2020  ...

HJI – Hair Recycling Scheme – Recycle your Hair to Save The Planet

Hair Recycling Scheme – Recycle your Hair to Save The...

WASHINGTON POST – Contact lenses, corks and Christmas lights can all be recycled – here’s how

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MENTAL FLOSS – 6 Creative Recycling Efforts From Around the Globe

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HUFFINGTON POST – Human Hair Extensions Are Being Matted Together To Clean Up Oil Spills

It’s an unlikely ending for something as glamorous as hair extensions or as mundane as the clippings from a hairdresser’s floor, but tonnes of human hair are being swept up and knitted together to soak up oil spills from our oceans. CONTINUE READING…  ...

CORE77 – Brilliant Materials Insight: Human Hair Can be Used to Clean Up Oil Spills

Here’s a perfect example of analyzing a material’s properties, then exploiting them to solve a problem. In 1989 an Alabama man named Phil McCrory was watching footage of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on television. The sad footage showed an otter drenched in...