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AFP – Barron’s – NGO Uses Hair To Help Restore Mexico City’s Agricultural Islands
By Elisa COLELLA Feb 19, 2026 6:00 am EST For centuries, farmers in southern Mexico City have cultivated "chinampas", agricultural islands first developed in pre-Hispanic times and still in use today. But water contamination is an increasing concern for them. In these...
Instagram – Victor Haisch – Haare gegen Ölverschmutzung
victorhaisch Erfahre, wie der Friseur Phil McGrory eine simple Beobachtung in seinem Salon in eine geniale Umweltlösung verwandelt hat:Menschliche Haare, Tierhaare und sogar Federn werden zu Matten und langen Ölsperren verarbeitet, die Öl aufsaugen und dessen...
Instagram – 60 Seconds and Matter of Trust – Human Hair for Oil Spills
60secdocs Human hair can absorb five times its weight in oil and, though unconventional, is one of the most sustainable and eco-friendly methods for aiding oil spills. Matter of Trust @matteroftrust repurposes human hair, animal fur, wool and fleece to create...
NDCEE – Sustainable Management of Operational Waste Streams
National Defense Center for Energy & Environment (NDCEE) ENVIRONMENTAL, SAFETY, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & ENERGY PROJECTS NDCEE advances technologies by performing demonstration, validating, and transitioning technologies for military application at DoD...
CBS – How human hair can help tackle challenges associated with climate change series
Scientists are saying human hair could be the biggest sustainable textile on the planet that can be used to address some major issues linked to climate change. There's a movement quietly gaining momentum in the fashion world that is less about what's trendy and more...
LA TIMES – Use your hair to help your garden or fight pollution. A Bay Area group shows how
Try answering this off the top of your head: What’s an abundant renewable resource that can spur growth in your garden and clear pollutants from bodies of water? The answer, according to a Bay Area nonprofit, is hair. CONTINUE READING... LA TIMES - Use your...
SFGATE – Big Mats of Human Hair Are Saving Bay Area Beaches
SFGATE Big mats of human hair are being used to save Bay Area beaches. You can give yours. For the past few decades, Lisa Craig Gautier and her team at San Francisco-based nonprofit Matter of Trust have used mats made out of human and animal hair to help clean beaches...
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 start-up...
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 square by square...
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 established in Japan on December 19,...