Workers in the Gulf of Mexico are using oil containment booms to sop up oil and protect coastlines from the approaching slick. Commercial booms are usually made of plastic. But an alternative source for the booms is found on the floor of salons across the country. As...
SAN FRANCISCO — For the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, there will be a 100 ton containment box will be moved into place to try to soak up some of the oil, but there will also be another method to be used to control the spill. It is strange method and has a...
As millions of gallons of oil float toward the Gulf Coast, tons of one eminently renewable — and absorbent — resource are being shipped in to stop it: hair. And pantyhose. At least 400,000 pounds of human hair and animal fur (cat, dog, sheep, alpaca), donated from...
Local fur and hair collection will defend Florida beaches Lisa Scarbrough wants your pet’s fur. And she’ll take the hair off your head, too, if you’re getting it cut. The animal advocate and founder of Coastal Pet Rescue is spearheading a local...
Ms. Gautier’s ‘Hair Mats’ Hit Production Snag; Donated Manes Languish in the Dining Room SAN FRANCISCO — The recession has left Lisa Gautier with an abundance of hair — 18,000 pounds, to be exact. She didn’t grow it herself. Mrs....
From mushrooms to hair mats, quirky cleanups for man-made messes. Go With the Flow Inventor John Todd’s Eco-Machines use tanks of bacteria, fungi, plants, snails, and fish to digest sewage, releasing water clean enough to be reused for plumbing or irrigation....
