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CNN – Human hair is being used to clean up oil spills
Lisa Gautier receives nearly a dozen parcels of human hair every day. This would be unnerving for most, but Gautier knows that the blonde and brunette locks, and all the other shades, will become something wonderfully "green." With her San-Francisco-based non-profit...
60 SECONDS – Human Hair for Oil Spills
60 Seconds, April, 2022 https://www.instagram.com/reel/CcNrNbPtVwC/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
BUSINESS INSIDER – Human Hair Mats Clean Oil Spills
Business Insider, February 23rd, 2022 https://youtu.be/k8fsVzyj-PA
NOW THIS – Recycling Human Hair to Soak Up Oil Spills
Now This, February 15th, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz3sT_VCAAs https://www.instagram.com/tv/CaAJf1ojeLv/ https://fb.watch/begipcMk8h/ https://www.tiktok.com/@nowthisearth/video/7065028041025654063
HORNIMAN MUSEUM – Giving Hair a Second Life
Horniman Museum and Gardens, February 10th, 2022 https://www.horniman.ac.uk/story/giving-hair-a-second-life/
THE CUT – Can We Recycle Hair, Too?
The Cut, January 6th, 2022 https://www.thecut.com/2022/01/can-we-recycle-hair-too.html
REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL – When Oil Spills Strike, Call in the Hair Force
Reasons to be Cheerful, August 16th, 2021 https://reasonstobecheerful.world/when-oil-spills-strike-call-in-the-hair-force/
VOGUE – How Hair Salons Are Mobilizing to Help Clean Up the Mauritius Oil Spill
Vogue Magazine, August 13th, 2020 https://www.vogue.com/article/mauritius-oil-spill-human-hair-donation-haircuts-salons
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC – Janvier 2018
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CNBC – 17 Ways To Clean Up The Gulf Oil Spill
Oil Spill Hair Mats Early on in the BP crisis, human hair was discussed as a possible material for sopping up the oil. Matter of Trust, a nonprofit environmental organization, has partnered with thousands of salons all over the world to use their clippings, which...