Hair Boom Oil Demo

You shampoo because hair collects oil. That means it can collect petroleum oil spills too. Over 300,000 pounds of hair are cut each day in the US and not to mention all the clippings from pet groomers.
We hope you'll enjoy this little film about our charity's "Oil Spill Hair Mats Program" The music is "Arabika" by V. Didulya

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[TheUSVET]

Hay and straw do the same thing for soaking up oil.

This is a cheap, quick and looks like an amazingly easy way to clean up the spilled oil. It float's Google. solutionoil Top video

[matteroftrust]

@TheUSVET

Hay is cool however hay has many other uses.

Human hair once its cut has very few applications so we want to keep it OUT of the waste stream.

[JennyO63]

Please post on this site the warehouse addresses to send the animal/ human hair! I didn't get my email with the address!! I am a fan of Matter of Trust on Facebook & posted this for all there to see. I live in Las Vegas, Nevada area. Let's do our part, America!!!!! :) JennyO

[matteroftrust]

@JennyO63

we are trying to coordinate how much hair goes to each warehouse according to their capacities and whereabouts

People need to sign up to then get an accurate address

[BeHelpfulNotHurtful]

Food for thought...I work with special needs kids & we teach them Functional Living Skills. This includes preparing for work buy having them do free work for local companies. Some of that work we take back to the schools and have the kids do there. I could easily see many students being capable of boxing hair or even making hair booms. These guys just love to be helpful. Just another valuable volunteer resource that surrounds you. :)

Thank you for continuing to choose to be the right choice

[matteroftrust]

thank you too

great idea

[mariopizzapalor]

@matteroftrust i need help i am doing a project and how do u dispos of it plz respond

[gabiaov]

where is the adress to spend the hair of my dog ??

[Knife4kills]

@smedinar84 you put preasure on it or clean it with water then re use it in a few days.

[smedinar84]

Awesome :) but what happens with the dirty hair with oil after, how you clean that ?

[Terrorizer321]

fake

[Sporrior]

Hey Great Idea. Im really stoked to see this is happening. I've done testes myself and have found the booms to be successful at absorbing the oil. However they should be tied together and attached to flotation devices to insure there success. They also seem to work better in calm water and even on shore. Def not to be pulled behind boats as they are still somewhat fragile. Unless maybe in burlap sacks.