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I really thought this was interesting and I want to encourage all of you to pass the info on to your stylists and salon of choice. I know I will.
Anything that we can do to help the environment is wonderful.”
Student stylists’ new client: Mother Earth
By JOAN HELLYER
Bucks County Courier Times
Cosmetology students are going green at Bucks County Technical High School in Bristol Township.
Instead of throwing hair clippings into the trash, the future stylists are scooping the hair off the floor and dumping it into a recycling box. Once the box is full, they’ll send the clippings to a nonprofit organization in California.
The clippings will be converted into hair mats, which will be used to clean up oil spills.
“I didn’t know hair can do that. It soaks up the oil real good,” Krista Wertz, 18, a senior cosmetology student said recently while putting highlights into a client’s hair. “It’s a good thing to find out how to use something so it’s not wasteful. If every salon did that, it would be good for the environment.”
Cosmetology teacher Lori Salley came up with the conservation initiative after finding the hair recycling project detailed on www.matteroftrust.org.
An Alabama hairstylist named Phil McCrory developed the hair mats after noticing in 1989 how oil completely soaked the absorbent furs of Alaskan otters during the Exxon Valdez oil spill, according to the Matter of Trust organization Web site said. span.ad_slug { display:none; }
In addition to collecting the hair, cosmetology students also are throwing discarded hair color into the trash instead of down the drain. Plus they are recycling shampoo and coloring bottles they use during class assignments and cleaning the salon’s mirrors with vinegar and water instead of a pre-produced cleaner.
Anything that we can do to help the environment is wonderful.”
Student stylists’ new client: Mother Earth
By JOAN HELLYER
Bucks County Courier Times
Cosmetology students are going green at Bucks County Technical High School in Bristol Township.
Instead of throwing hair clippings into the trash, the future stylists are scooping the hair off the floor and dumping it into a recycling box. Once the box is full, they’ll send the clippings to a nonprofit organization in California.
The clippings will be converted into hair mats, which will be used to clean up oil spills.
“I didn’t know hair can do that. It soaks up the oil real good,” Krista Wertz, 18, a senior cosmetology student said recently while putting highlights into a client’s hair. “It’s a good thing to find out how to use something so it’s not wasteful. If every salon did that, it would be good for the environment.”
Cosmetology teacher Lori Salley came up with the conservation initiative after finding the hair recycling project detailed on www.matteroftrust.org.
An Alabama hairstylist named Phil McCrory developed the hair mats after noticing in 1989 how oil completely soaked the absorbent furs of Alaskan otters during the Exxon Valdez oil spill, according to the Matter of Trust organization Web site said. span.ad_slug { display:none; }
In addition to collecting the hair, cosmetology students also are throwing discarded hair color into the trash instead of down the drain. Plus they are recycling shampoo and coloring bottles they use during class assignments and cleaning the salon’s mirrors with vinegar and water instead of a pre-produced cleaner.
