But saving the oceans is just one element of Green Salon Collective’s project. Image: Green Salon CollectiveCo-founded by a former hairdresser, Fry Taylor, the Green Salon Collective has been running for three years and now diverts 100 tonnes of salon waste from landfill – not only hair but other salon waste, including the foils used for colouring. Most startling are the experiments being done with turning waste hair into yarn and fabric that could someday be worn by humans. Hair wool gardening twine. But the potential is there with this hair and wool blend and there’s also an amazing designer called Sanne Visser who works with hair.

Source: The Herald June 15, 2023 05:11 UTC