[LM_NET] Recycling hair to help the oil spill clean up

[Mary Ludwick <mludwick@IRVINGISD.NET>]

While many salons are
more inclined to trash leftovers from its latest trim, some in North Texas are 
bagging and shipping it to help with what will soon be a massive oil spill cleanup 
along the Gulf Coast.

Matter of Trust<http://matteroftrust.org/>, a San Francisco nonprofit, recycles the 
hair scraps and turns it into small mats that help absorb oil. The mats look like 
large S.O.S. pads. Other hair is made into booms after being packed into used nylon.

An Alabama hairstylist thought up the idea, but Lisa Gautier brought the idea to 
fruition by handing out 1,000 of them during the 1997 Bay Bridge oil spill. That 
spill dumped 58,000 gallons of oil into the San Francisco bay and left globs of it 
soaking on the shoreline.  rest of story at

http://cbs11tv.com/local/oil.spill.hair.2.1675291.html


Mary Croix Ludwick, Librarian
Thomas Haley Elementary K-5
Irving ISD, Texas
mludwick@irvingisd.net<mailto:mludwick@irvingisd.net>
972-600-7059




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