Green Salon Collective
Ponytail Recycling Envelope
Ponytail Recycling Envelope
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Wig making and long hair donations have always been among the 15+ ways we reuse your clients' hair, and we want to make it even easier for you to get involved.
By placing your ponytails in envelopes before putting them in your returns box, we can easily keep track of suitable long hair and use it in a variety of projects, from hair pieces to wigs to supporting charities.
You can just pop your full envelope into your returns box when you next send it off, and know that your client's ponytail will be used for some great projects!
Here is an envelope and instructions that you can buy, or you can use your own envelope. You can download and print the letter from the member downloads, or just write the details on the envelope/a piece of paper inside.
Here's a simple guide to recycling ponytails with us:
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Impact
Impact
Every Green Salon Collective Returns Box:
- Is carbon offset via rewilding projects.
- Funds Haircuts 4 Homeless.
- Provides much-needed money to feed those in need.
So far, Green Salon Collective has diverted over 200+ tonnes of hairdressing salon waste from landfill. Join us for the next 100!
All profits from recycling metals are donated to Haircuts 4 Homeless // The Water Fund
Shipping
Shipping
Shipping costs £9.95 across the UK & Ireland. You will receive an email once your order has been sent out with tracking information. It takes 5-7 working days for delivery.
Got a Question?
Got a Question?
You can contact us on:
0333 577 6769
hello@greensaloncollective.com
10+ Ways We Recycle Hair
We reuse and recycle hair in over 10 ways, to ensure that none of your lovely locks go to landfill!
Recycling services: HAIR
We all know that if hair is long enough we can donate it to make wigs. But what about the 99.9% of hair that isn't long enough?
There are many ways to recycle hair including making hair booms and hair mats as well as using it for gardening and composting.
Here are the 10 ways we currently recycle your hair:
1. Composting and Gardening
Hair is rich in Nitrogen, making it an ideal fertiliser for local and industrial composting.
2. Waterway Cleanups
Hair adsorbs oil and pollutants, even in water. We've used hair in this way to clean up oil spills and polluted rivers across the UK and Ireland.
A RECENT OIL SPILL
This spill in 2021 came from farmland in Northern Ireland, red diesel oil was leaking into the sea.
At the time of this picture GSC had collected about 400kgs of hair and we used about 30-45kgs of hair over this weekend in the clean up.
We are the first manufacturer of hair booms and mats in the UK and Ireland!
100% OF ANY MONEY MADE SELLING HAIR BOOMS AND MATS GOES TO CHARITY
3. Hair Mats
By felting hair with our unique machinery, we can create a hair mat that can be used to cover storm drains or clean up waterways
4. Regenerative Biomanufacturing
Working with Biohm, a London based regenerative biomanufacturer, your hair is being combines with their unique binding material 'orb', to create particleboard-like sheets as well as moulded 3D objects. They are also working with mycelium, the root structure of fungi, to grow around hair to create insulation panels.
5. Wool Alternatives
We are collaborating with Natural Fibre Co., a British woollen mill in Cornwall, to develop a hair-wool fibre alternative to petroleum or cotton based yarns, ropes and twines. Our current blend is 40:60 hair and wool blend using salon's waste hair and undervalued, destined-for-compost wool.
6. Hair Rope Making
We have created a truly unique workshop with our research partner, Sanne Visser, Design Researcher in Residence at The Design Museum. Our workshops invite people to explore hair rope making while inspiring them to rethink the concept of waste.
7. Hair Felt
Our Head of R&D, Stephanie Hodgson, is conducting an experiment to test the ability of 'potting felt' a product for houseplants made from salon hair waste, to save water, deter pests, and release nitrogen into the soil.
8. Architecture
Collaborating with architecture and research firm, Pareid, we explore the application of salon hair waste in architecture and building materials. Pareid are interested in visibly showcasing the presence of hair in final products and instalments as a way to compel people to consider the material not as waste but as a resource.
9. Wigs
We can use even the shortest of hair in the Green Salon Collective hair recycling projects, however, when the hair is long enough to create a wig, that is what we will do.
10. Art
Working with dressmakers and designers, we can turn hair into dresses and clothes. In 2022, Green Salon Collective was featured in museums across the UK and Europe showcasing what can be done with hair.
Curious about our Research and Development projects?
Learn more and get involved here.
Ready to Get Started?
If you'd like to turn your client's hair into one of the amazing things above, head to our shop to buy your starter kit and begin your recycling journey!
Green Salon Collective is an industry leader in the UK for hair salon recycling, salon waste management, and salon foil recycling. Our salon waste disposal system allows you to become a more sustainable salon and stand out from the crowd. We believe that no salon waste should be going to landfill, which is why we have options for every single salon waste stream to be disposed of responsibly, from the 10 different ways that we offer for hair recycling, to our general waste to energy solution for hair salon chemical waste. Through Green Salon Collective, you can get your hairdressing salon waste bins, marketing materials and the peace of mind that you're recycling your salon waste with a trusted, B-Corp certified hairdressing waste recycling company. If you'd like to become a sustainable salon and move towards a more eco-friendly future within the hair and beauty industry, get in touch today.
