Over 100 tonnes of Salon Waste Diverted from Landfill!
This is all thanks to our amazing members who are recycling their waste with us, meaning that over 100 tonnes of waste from UK hair salons (including waste hair and salon metals) have been prevented from going to landfill.
Giving Back
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Giving Back to Charity
In 2021, £7230 was raised for charity through the sale of commodities like recycled metal.
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Haircuts for Homeless
In 2022, we donated 130 haircuts to Haircuts4Homeless, a charity which helps homeless people to build their self-esteem, and have someone to talk to and engage with.
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FoodCycle
In 2022, we donated 3066 meals to FoodCycle, a charity which provides nutritious, vegetarian meals made from surplus foods to those who need it in the community.
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Working with Recyclers
To ensure that each hairdressing waste stream is converted into something useful, we work with local businesses and organisations.
The Environment
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Saying NO to Landfill
So far, we've diverted over 100 tons of salon waste from landfill. We've also collected 642 KGs of waste from industry events.
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Recycle, Compost & Recover
We have over 10 ways to recycle hair! We also recycle metal, plastic, paper & cardboard as well as providing composting services for food and hair salon towels.
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Offsetting & Regeneration
In 2022, we planted over 1000 trees, supported 43 different rewilding projects and co-funded a vole re-location scheme in Cornwall.
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Research & Development
We want to provide even better solutions for salon waste and to help create new knowledge for our industry to be the best and the absolute greenest it can be!
Since 2020, we've donated approx. £42k to charities, organisations and good causes. Here's who we've supported...
Being a B-Corp
Certified B Corporations, or B Corps, are companies verified by B Lab to meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability.
Green Salon Collective earned an overall score of 113.7. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9, and the score required to certify is 80.
How is the score determined?
To certify as a B Corp, you are scored across the 5 areas that are listed below. It offers a holistic look at the ethics of your whole business, and its impact.
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Community
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and its impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from.
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Environment
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity.
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Customers
Customers evaluates how well a brand takes care of their customers, through the quality of its services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels.
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Governance
Customers evaluates how well a brand takes care of their customers, through the quality of its services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels.
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Workers
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction.
Education
We empower salons and other hairdressing businesses with the knowledge to operate more sustainably and to be more resilient to future industry disruptions.
Our articles cover salon waste streams, ethical suppliers, industry leaders and more so you can operate your business with less of an impact on our natural world and with more of a positive contribution to society.
Research and Development
Let's make hair and beauty a LEADING industry in sustainability.
We want to do this by...
ADVANCING knowledge
of the impacts of our industry's waste on people and planet.
DEVELOPING products
made from waste materials or else help combat waste.
ENHANCING services
for our industry which bring waste materials back into the loop.