RIB MOUTAIN (WAOW)-- Seven year old, Brennan Shaughnessy knows hair clippings usually end up in the trash can, but his clippings have a different destination. His hair will be swept up and shipped out to help absorb oil in the Gulf of Mexico. Employees at Fantastic...

WATERLOO (KWWL) -- One Waterloo salon is boxing up hair to help clean up the gulf oil spill. O'hana Salon and Spa owner Jamie Oberreuter heard about the idea on the Today Show. Her salon is now saving hair from customers and sending it to Florida through a non-profit...

LOS ANGELES, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Downtown Los Angeles' community-centric barbershop, BOLT BARBERS™ is leading area efforts to use highly porous hair clippings to help soak up oil spilling into the Gulf as a result of the April 20th Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig...

OILY STRANDS: In light of the recent and tragic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Van Michael Salon is collecting and donating hair to help in the cleaning efforts of the spill. Instead of throwing the extra hair away from a haircut, they are saving it and donating it...

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - BP has accepted a boom made from human hair collected from Columbia salons to help with the oil spill clean up, the environmental group Matter of Trust announced Wednesday. More than a dozen Midlands salons have already pledged donations to the...

Scientists say the threat of oil moving from the Gulf of Mexico to Florida and beyond is great. There are some local businesses pitching in to help stop the flow. The Hair Cuttery in Staunton jumped on board Tuesday, donating all its hair clippings to Matter of...

QUINCY, Ill. (WGEM) -- There's a unique method being used to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and you can help just by getting your hair cut. Great Clips salons nationwide are now donating their hair clippings to Matter of Trust, a nonprofit...

Anyone who has skipped a shampoo knows that hair quickly absorbs oil. That's why area salons and pet grooming businesses are collecting it to help clean up the massive oil spill along the Gulf Coast. Animal House in Kronenwetter is saving furry scraps leftover after a...

AUSTIN, Minn. (KTTC-DT) -- If you want to do something to help the Gulf Coast, it could be as easy as getting your haircut. It might sound a little far-fetched, but it turns out human hair is one of the best products for cleaning up oil spills. The owner of...

A Waterbury hair salon is donating locks not to Locks for Love, but to Louisiana to help clean up the Gulf Coast spill. While this idea might have you scratching your head, Shears’ Gallery is one of about 90,000 hair salons nationwide that are sending their trimmings...