Local salons donate hair to help with oil cleanup – June 2010

Victims of the recent Gulf oil spill are receiving assistance from an unlikely source: the heads of Iowa City residents. “I’ve always thought, ‘I wish I could recycle hair,’ ” said Amy Mayfield, the owner of Groovy Katz Salon & Spa, 1565 S. First Ave. Now she can....

Anchorage hair salons pitch in for spill cleanup – June 2010

If you’ve been fretting about the ever-worsening oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, it’s time to stop wringing your hands and start trimming your hair. At least two Anchorage hair salons — Marie’s Beauty Salon & Supply and Salon Ivy —...
Alpacas Donate Hair To Clean Up Gulf Oil Spill

Alpacas Donate Hair To Clean Up Gulf Oil Spill

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana’s NewsCenter) – Indiana’s NewsCenter received a special demonstration from Sports Clips Haircuts on how hair can be used to help clean up the massive oil spill in Gulf of Mexico. Most every weekend… the Allen County...

Local businesses donate hair to oil clean-up – June 2010

The Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster is fouling miles of beaches and water in the Gulf of Mexico, and there is no indication that British Petroleum (BP) will have the flow of millions of gallons of oil stopped anytime soon. Two local business owners decided to do...