LCI International News, August 11th, 2020. To fight against the oil spill that threatens Mauritius, several organizations are asking for hair to make oil-soaking booms. Read the full article here:...

Sruogos, kurios krenta ant žemės jus kerpant, gali padėti gelbėjant pasaulį. Skamba keistai ir neįtikėtinai, tačiau tai yra tiesa – mat žmonių plaukais yra valoma nafta vandens telkiniuose išsiliejusi nafta. CONTINUE READING...   Lrytas, Jun 23rd, 2020  ...

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  CONTINUE READING...   Washington Post, Jun 24th, 2019   https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/contact-lenses-corks-and-christmas-lights-can-all-be-recycled-heres-how/2019/06/24/49e7694c-92d2-11e9-aadb-74e6b2b46f6a_story.html

Mental Floss, April 22nd, 2019 https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/94632/6-creative-recycling-efforts-around-globe

It’s an unlikely ending for something as glamorous as hair extensions or as mundane as the clippings from a hairdresser’s floor, but tonnes of human hair are being swept up and knitted together to soak up oil spills from our oceans. CONTINUE READING...  ...

Here's a perfect example of analyzing a material's properties, then exploiting them to solve a problem. In 1989 an Alabama man named Phil McCrory was watching footage of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on television. The sad footage showed an otter drenched in oil--and...

Hair stylist Jennifer Palocsay tracked down her birth mother, Cindy Brokaw, to find out that she too was a stylist in California CONTINUE READING...   NoozHawk, Jun 15th, 2017  ...

Recycling isn't—and shouldn’t be—limited to separating plastic cartons, junk mail, and tin cans for the garbage collector. This Earth Day, think outside the plastic bin, and brainstorm creative ways to convert or re-purpose old, discarded, or unexpected materials into...