• No Limits 'Palette Colour' with Peg Hair

    Join us in Brighton on February 9th 2026 for this No Limits masterclass! Leave with new colour application techniques and a deeper understanding of colour theory, particularly when working with No Limits.

    Tickets available now 

  • Curl Masterclass with Jen Gaia, The Curl Specialist

    Join us in London on March 23rd 2026 for this curl cutting masterclass! Leave feeling fully confident with curly clients...

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  • 'The Modern Perm' with Mel Tudor

    Join us in Manchester on April 13th 2026 for a Perming masterclass. Leave with a new understanding of perming, and new techniques and ways to apply perms in your salon.

    Tickets available now 

Welcome to Green Salon Collective!

In the video below, we talk through the fundamentals of GSC. How it works, how to fill your bins, the bags that go in each bin and how to book a collection. We also talk about the 10 different ways we recycle hair!

The Basics of Recycling with GSC

How it Works

Hair Bin

What goes in the GSC hair bin? Washed or unwashed, wet or dry, natural or coloured? And can hair extensions go in?

Metal Bin

What can go in the GSC metal bin? Do you need to rinse foil? Can razors and scissors go in?

Returns Box

Which bags can go in the returns box? What are the sizes of the boxes? What is the maximum weight? Your questions answered.

How We Recycle Hair

Discover our Hair Recycling Projects

Hair Booms

Fry demonstrates how to make a hair boom. This is one of the 10 ways that GSC recycle hair, using these booms to clean up waterways!

How We Recycle Hair

A more extensive look at the new uses for recycled hair, including on the allotment!

Taking Salon Sustainability to the Next Level

The Sustainable Sessions with Authentic Beauty Concept

First Steps to Salon Sustainability

Featuring Salon Owner Mel Tudor from En Route, this episode covers Mel's experience with sustainability in the salon, and what steps all stylists can take to be more conscious.

Mindful Retail

In episode 2, Dani and Kasey from Create Salon share tips on including mindful retail within your salon and how your enthusiasm is contagious.

How the Industry is Changing (for good)

In episode 3, Mimi from Billi Currie shares her experience on how sustainability is changing the hairdressing industry - for good.

Supporting Our Members

We believe knowledge is an incredibly important tool for addressing environmental and social issues. 

Education is a huge part of what we do at Green Salon Collective. 

We help to empower our members, as well as the wider industry, with up-to-date and verifiable information related to all things salon sustainability so that we all can make better informed decisions as we continue to run and grow our eco-friendly businesses.

Our Blog

Want to learn more about how you can reduce waste in your business? Interested to know what we do with salon hair waste...and why? Curious about some of our brand partners and what makes them more sustainable than others? We have you covered!

It's all here and available to absolutely everyone, GSC member or not.

Read our Articles Here