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THE WILDEST – Wait, Before You Toss All That Pet Hair—Donate It
Have you ever looked at a fur ball that accumulated after giving your pet a nice brush and wondered, “Could this help reduce oil pollution?” Yeah, neither have we, but Lisa Gautier, founder and president of Matter of Trust, sure has. CONTINUE READING... ...
Hair Matters – A Film by Rhiannon Johnston
2024 Hearst National Multimedia Championship - First Prize Matter of Trust, founded by Lisa Gautier, is a nonprofit focused on environmental sustainability by linking surplus materials with needs. Their Hair Matters program collects hair, fur, and wool fibers to make...
REUTERS – Innovative Chileans use discarded hair to clean up coasts and waterways
SANTIAGO, June 4 (Reuters) - Luisana Gil, a dog groomer in Santiago, Chile, has a lot of hair on her hands - she throws away bags and bags of her clients' hair, which until recently went straight to the landfill. Now Gil is connecting her discarded pet hair with...
LOCAL12 – A hair away from changing the world: How this non-profit is using their heads to clean oil
(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 protect the...
BGR – Human hair may be the key to cleaning up deadly oil spills
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...
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...
BHARAT EXPRESS NEWS – How human hair can help tackle the challenges associated with climate change
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...
CORE 77 – The Best Way to Clean Up Oil Spills: Using Human Hair
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 being...
INTERESTING ENGINEERING – Mats made of human hair may advance oil spill cleanup efforts
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...
NEW ATLAS – Human hair: A surprisingly effective way to soak up oil spills
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 READING......