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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...
KCBS – How you can use your hair (or your dog’s) as natural fertilizer
The hair of the dog isn't just for hangovers-- it can help your garden and ease pollution too! One Bay Area ecology group is employing hair from people and pets to use in the garden via compost and in the ocean to clean up pollution, using hair's natural ability to...
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,...
WASHINGTON POST – A lake is filled with oil. Thousands donated their hair to help soak it up.
Volunteers cut donors' hair during a campaign in Caracas, Venezuela, on Oct. 6. Hundreds of Venezuelans came to get their hair cut, some with their pets, to support an initiative that aims to use human and animal hair to help clean up Lake Maracaibo, which is highly...