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The leading recycling service for barbers
A fully customisable, set-and-forget membership to help you recycle up to 95% of your hair, paper, plastics and more.
Sustainable Salons rescues barber waste from landfill and finds recycling solutions to benefit the planet and community. We service both urban and regional barbers across both Australia and New Zealand.
How it works
Step 1
Choose your plan
We have customised membership plans depending on the size of your business so that you're only paying for what you use.
Step 2
Get your kit & team training
Once you've signed up, we send refillable bags, separation bins of your choosing and merchandise. Your team will also receive training to set you up for success.
Step 3
Start making an impact
Start collecting hair clippings, cans and other barber waste. When your refillable bags are full, book your collection and receive new bags to keep your sustainability journey going.
Your materials will be sent to our depot to be recycled into new products.
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Step 1
Choose your plan
We have customised membership plans depending on the size of your business so that you're only paying for what you use.
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Step 2
Get your kit & team training
Once you've signed up, we send refillable bags, separation bins of your choosing and merchandise. Your team will also receive training to set you up for success.
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Step 3
Start making an impact
Start collecting hair clippings, cans and other barber waste. When your refillable bags are full, book your collection and receive new bags to keep your sustainability journey going.
Your materials will be sent to our depot to be recycled into new products.
Pricing
Membership starts from $75/week and is adjusted based on the amount of waste you produce for recycling. Our team will work with you to customise the membership to suit your recycling needs. You can change your level of membership at any time, with no lock-in contracts!
Solo barbers
For solo or home barbers who produce less than one large wheelie bin of waste a month.
Price range: $75 - $100 per week.
If you're just starting out and aren't ready for a membership, we also have a one-off recycling option. Our team will work with you to find the best option.
Medium businesses
For barbers with 2 to 4 staff members working at any one time and produce around one wheelie bin of waste a fortnight.
Price range: $125 - $275 per week.
Large businesses
For barbers with more than 5 staff members working at any one time and produce around one wheelie bin of waste a week.
Price range: $300 - $400 per week.
Benefits
Give your hair clippings a second life
Hair is one of the most under-utilised renewable resources out there. To date we have collected 96,784kg of hair that have been made into hair booms that are used to clean up oil spills and even a soil treatment,.
More clients to your business
Promote your business on the #1 Salon Directory where over 10,000 conscious consumers across Australia and New Zealand search for a salon every month. Our members have collectively enjoyed over $15M in additional revenue in 2024 from the directory.
Be a leader in the industry
Join Sustainable Salons and transform your barbershop into a modern men’s grooming destination. Lead the shift towards sustainability, attract clients who value environmental responsibility, and stand out as a trailblazer in the evolving grooming industry.
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Give your hair clippings a second life
Hair is one of the most under-utilised renewable resources out there. To date we have collected 96,784kg of hair that have been made into hair booms that are used to clean up oil spills and even a soil treatment,.
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More clients to your business
Promote your business on the #1 Salon Directory where over 10,000 conscious consumers across Australia and New Zealand search for a salon every month. Our members have collectively enjoyed over $15M in additional revenue in 2024 from the directory.
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Be a leader in the industry
Join Sustainable Salons and transform your barbershop into a modern men’s grooming destination. Lead the shift towards sustainability, attract clients who value environmental responsibility, and stand out as a trailblazer in the evolving grooming industry.
Why Us?
We're all about finding creative ways to repurpose and reuse materials that might usually be thought of as waste. We're on a mission to make the hair industry more sustainable, while also helping the community and your business's bottom line.
- Different bin sizes to suit your businesses needs
- Free marketing materials to promote your sustainability commitment
- Transparency on recycling processes and the destination of resources
- Access to education app and staff training
- Proceeds from selling recyclable materials donated to charity
Materials we collect
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Hair
Hair is one of the most underestimated renewable resources out there. That’s why we’ve done the research and developed new ways to repurpose recycled hair. -
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Plastics
With the salon industry's heavy use of plastics, we knew a real impact can (and has!) been made by recycling it all and creating sustainably stylish new products. -
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Metals
By recycling metals, like salon foils and colour tubes, we contribute to a greener future and also generate proceeds to feed those in need. -
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Paper
Whether it’s the magazines that keep your clients occupied, cardboard packaging from your products, wooden spatulas or just plain old office paper, we’ve got you covered. -
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Tools
Tools like hair dryers, clippers, curling wands and straighteners can all be collected, recycled responsibly and diverted from landfill. -
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Chemicals
Instead of salon chemicals being rinsed down the sink and polluting our waterways, we help give them a second life by neutralising them to be reused as recycled water. -
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Ponytails
Ponytail donations from your salon clients can be used to create high-quality charitable medical wigs for those suffering medically induced hair loss. -
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Sharps
Sustainable Salons is on a mission to “move the needle” and ensure your clinic's sharps are disposed of ethically and responsibly, preventing sharps from going to landfill. -
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Disposables
We made it easy breezy to ensure your disposables are efficiently processed and diverted from landfill, reducing the environmental impact of the salon industry. -
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Razors
We divert razors from going to landfill and ensure they are safely processed and recycled. Like other materials we collect, razors can be made into new products. -
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Other materials
Not sure whether or not you can recycle a certain material? Take a look to see what other resources we can collect, recycle and give a meaningful second life.
What our members say..
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“Sustainability matters to us”
As business owners, sustainability is important to us because we all want the world to be healthier, and if we can play a part in that, we want to. We chose to join Sustainable Salons because of their commitment to doing what is right and their friendly approach.
— Donny Karamolegos, TheDonKuts, Western Sydney, Australia
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“Other barbers should get on board”
I'd heard friends in the industry speak about Sustainable Salons and with a business, a house, two kids and a dog I soon realised that I had to take some accountability to make this planet a better place for our children. I hope that other barbers will get on board to help make the planet a better place.
— Maria Dillon, Grand Royal Barbers, Australia
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“We’ve had so many clients find us through the Salon Directory”
We’ve had so many clients find us through the Salon Directory; it shows how people are seeking more sustainable options, and it’s such an easy way to find us. We just had a new client who found us through the directory for a ponytail donation and has now booked future appointments for three members of her family!
— Kelly Manu, UNA, New Zealand
Got Questions?
Yes, we have four different sizes of bins (small, medium, large and stackable), and our team will work with you to ensure that our bins fit your space.
The barber membership has a one-time set-up fee and an ongoing weekly membership fee which starts at $75/week (incl. GST). The weekly fee is based on how much recycling you need based on your size of business.
The full set-up fee ($348 incl. GST) gets you in-salon separation bins, return bags and a merch kit to promote your new membership.
The lite set-up fee ($148 incl. GST) gets you stickers for your bins you already have, return bags and a merch kit to promote your new membership.
Over the last 10 years, our 1,500+ Sustainable Salons members have shown that the average amount of recyclables generated by a barber is about 0.2L (about the size of a slim soda can). Our friendly team will help you work out the best plan for your size business based on the amount of waste you produce.
You can change your membership at any time. If you need to recycle more, we can increase your membership, and if you don't need to recycle as much, we can reduce it.
We currently service metro & regional locations all across Australia and New Zealand. If you’re unsure whether Sustainable Salons is available in your area, chat with our team.