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Make a positive impact with every snip and pamper
The Sustainable Salons program services salons of all shapes and sizes across AU & NZ.
This includes hair, barber, beauty, dermal & pet industries.
From salon foils, papers & plastics, to leftover colour, and even the hair clippings on your salon floor… it can all be diverted from landfill and be transformed into a force for good!
Join us in making sustainability reality today.
Discover the potential of your salon materials
Planet
Divert 95% of salon materials from landfill
We divert your materials from going to landfill and find innovative new solutions for them! You will receive an annual impact certificate so you know what you've saved from landfill and so you can share your positive impact with your clients.
People
Proceeds from recycling help feed those in need
When you choose to recycle your materials with Sustainable Salons, we donate the proceeds to OzHarvest and KiwiHarvest to provide meals for hungry people. Just $1 = 2 hearty meals for someone in need.
Profit
Attract more new clients to your salon
By becoming a Sustainable Salon, your business is listed on AU & NZ’s #1 Salon Directory. With more than 10,000 visits to the directory each month, the program is actively driving conscious new clients to your door.
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Planet
Divert 95% of salon materials from landfill
We divert your materials from going to landfill and find innovative new solutions for them! You will receive an annual impact certificate so you know what you've saved from landfill and so you can share your positive impact with your clients.
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People
Proceeds from recycling help feed those in need
When you choose to recycle your materials with Sustainable Salons, we donate the proceeds to OzHarvest and KiwiHarvest to provide meals for hungry people. Just $1 = 2 hearty meals for someone in need.
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Profit
Attract more new clients to your salon
By becoming a Sustainable Salon, your business is listed on AU & NZ’s #1 Salon Directory. With more than 10,000 visits to the directory each month, the program is actively driving conscious new clients to your door.
How the program works
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Enquire now
Our friendly team will send you some further info on how the program works. If you like what you see - we'll help you start on your sustainability journey.
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Join the movement
Become a Sustainable Salon and kickstart a positive change that benefits the planet, community and your salon's bottom line.
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Get your kit
We provide all the merchandise, equipment and resources you need to become a certified sustainable business.
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Certified sustainable
We train you and your team to become sustainability warriors so you can operate sustainably and make an impact together.
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Enquire now
Our friendly team will send you some further info on how the program works. If you like what you see - we'll help you start on your sustainability journey.
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Join the movement
Become a Sustainable Salon and kickstart a positive change that benefits the planet, community and your salon's bottom line.
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Get your kit
We provide all the merchandise, equipment and resources you need to become a certified sustainable business.
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Certified sustainable
We train you and your team to become sustainability warriors so you can operate sustainably and make an impact together.
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.
Our impact
Planet
1,992,522kg
Total resources diverted from landfill
People
329,906
Meal donations to OzHarvest and KiwiHarvest
Profit
74,491
Salon Bookings from our #1 salon directory
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Online store where you can purchase/redeem essential (and sustainable) salon supplies
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What our members say about the program....
Don't just take our word for it! See why thousands of salons across the country are joining the movement to help make sustainability reality.
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“Create meaningful relationships with clients”
At EdwardsAndCo, our clients are conscious consumers, so being able to tell them that we are a Sustainable Salon helps us to develop more meaningful relations with them. From a business sense, Sustainable Salons offers a rewards system that we can use to purchase sustainable products and salon supplies, which is amazing support for us.
— Jaye Edwards, EdwardsAndCo, Australia
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“We have cut our landfill waste by 70%”
We have cut our landfill waste by 70%! I was horrified at how much plastic waste we use - every disposable product comes in a plastic wrapper, which we now recycle with Sustainable Salons. The program aligns with our value on sustainability and adds even more, such as feeding underprivileged people through KiwiHarvest.
— Dr Catherine Stone, The Face Place, New Zealand
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“Our customers care about our impact”
Our customers and our staff care deeply about the future and the impact we have on our communities. Having a sustainable partnership with Sustainable Salons means that we can minimise our stores footprint. We are inspired by innovation that enables us to collect dog hair from our salons to assist in oil clean-up projects in addition to recycling plastics, paper and metals. Every pooch contributes too!
— Margaret Hennessy, Dogue, 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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“Making a positive difference”
Sustainability is the responsibility of everyone if we are going to make any kind of difference and as the owner of Ultimate Care and leader of my team if feel its also my responsibility to help my staff understand how important making little changes in the salon can help take something from landfill and create a reusable product. Being a regional business I feel we are now inclusive in the Sustainable Salons network and know our clients and my staff feel good about doing something positive to help our planet.
— Marg Ottley, Ultimate Care Skin & Body, Australia
Join our 100+ partners changing the world together.
FAQs
Yes, we have three differing sizes available for our bins to suit businesses of all shapes & sizes. Our team will work with you to ensure that our bins cater to your space.
We currently service metro & regional salons all across Australia and New Zealand. If you’re unsure if we can reach your business, register your interest above and our friendly team will be in touch.
With our quick & easy set-up, you can be up and running with our program in just 3 weeks of saying yes!
Our program has a one-time set-up fee and an ongoing weekly membership fee. Our program is designed to be cost-neutral to your business and personalised to your specific business size & resource recovery needs. Our friendly team can always get in touch with a quote if you would like to learn more.
We service businesses in the hair, barber, beauty, dermal and pet grooming industries.
No need to worry about washing all materials before recycling with Sustainable Salons! We have an advanced resource recovery process that can handle materials without requiring pre-washing. Our goal is to make recycling as easy and sustainable as possible for you. Please note, however, that pet fur does need to be clean, free of fleas, not matted or covered in poo.