We collect your

cut hair

Currently, tons of hair residue are collected annually from Approximately 100,000 hair salons in Germany and Austria were disposed of in the residual waste, as only a few The hair is suitable for wigs. However, the question of whether the cut hair could still be used for anything else has always been present, but now there is a solution.

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Hair Help the Ocean sent

This organization was looking for a way to do something good with the cut-off hair and discovered "hair filters". The French club serves as a role model. “Coiffeurs Justes” (fair hairdressers) from the South of France.

Hair Straw

= Hair filter

The hair is placed inside old nylon stockings, which are then tied into rolls and used as filters in polluted waters. The hair filter's absorbent properties draw the oil from the water; it is then cleaned and can be reused up to eight times. One kilogram of hair can filter up to eight kilograms of oil from the water.

Let's protect our water together

These hair filters are used worldwide. In lakes and bodies of water, in front of industrial areas and on coastlines, they filter oils, fuel residues, and sunscreen from the water. In the summer of 2019, the hair filters were also used off Mauritius when a freighter ran aground and spilled several thousand tons of oil.

Saving the world with hair.

For most people, hair clippings from the hairdresser are just waste. But Thierry, a hairdresser from Marseille, realized that they can be used to clean the oceans. Find out exactly how this works. here in the Galileo report.



Thank you for contributing to making the world a cleaner place by donating your hair to HAIRSALONS.at customers.n.