Press Center

Media Kit

Media contact info

Lisa Craig Gautier
+1 415-235-2403
lisa@matteroftrust.org

Also see Contact Us page

About Matter of Trust

Matter of trust

in the news

...MORE OF OUR PRESS

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...

Human Hair for Oil Spills

60 Seconds, April, 2022 https://www.instagram.com/reel/CcNrNbPtVwC/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Human Hair Mats Clean Oil Spills

Business Insider, February 23rd, 2022 https://youtu.be/k8fsVzyj-PA

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

Giving Hair a Second Life

Horniman Museum and Gardens, February 10th, 2022 https://www.horniman.ac.uk/story/giving-hair-a-second-life/

Can We Recycle Hair, Too?

The Cut, January 6th, 2022 https://www.thecut.com/2022/01/can-we-recycle-hair-too.html

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/

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

View PDF here View National Geographic January edition

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...