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...
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 –...
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 and bodies of water. But, more recently, they have expanded to a new project: using hair...
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...
