FIBRARY We are collecting many fiber donations for our Hair Matters program, some of them are more exotic than others. With our research partners we also started looking at the properties of different types of hair, fur, fleece. Soon we got the idea from...
(WKRC) – A non-profit organization uses an often discarded part of the body to clean up deadly oil spills: the hair on your head. No, they won’t flip you over and use you like a mop. Matter of Trust has developed a variety of programs to stimulate and...
What if the key to cleaning up deadly oil spills in the ocean was right there on your head? According to Matter of Trust, a non-profit organization started by Lisa and Patrice Gautier, it is. They say human hair acts as a natural oil spill cleanup tool that’s...
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...
Scientists say human hair could be the world’s largest sustainable textile that could be used to tackle some key issues related to climate change. There is a movement quietly gaining momentum in the fashion world that is less about what is trendy and more about the...
Brilliant design is when you can take a waste product and transform it into something badly needed. In 1989 Phil McCrory, an Alabama hairdresser, was shampooing a customer’s head. The TV in the salon was on, and news footage of the Exxon Valdez oil spill was...
Matter of Trust, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization, has been turning hair into thick mats and long tubes that soak up large amounts of oil. CONTINUE READING… Interesting Engineering, May 13th, 2024...
In a world of weird, this one ranks up there… A non-profit out of San Francisco, California, is cleaning up oil spills using the naturally adsorbent properties of human hair, woven into thick mats that soak up a gallon and a half at a time. CONTINUE...
From fashion houses to environmental non-profits, scientists said human hair may be the next biggest sustainable material. As experts look to find different ways to tackle the effects of climate change, more of these products may soon be in your stores and in your...
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...
