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Chemicals
Chemicals collected from your salon can be neutralised and reused as recycled water!
Did you know 95% of salon chemical waste is actually water? So why not recycle it!
Instead of all these 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. This also means we can better conserve our natural water supplies when a high-purity product is not needed.
of chemical waste recycled back into water
What do we accept?
Yes
- Peroxide/Developer
- Colour Solutions (Tints, Semis, Lightener)
- Perm Liquid
- Acetone
- Tanning Solution
- Straightening Liquid
No
- Solid Chemical Waste (e.g wax, pomade)
- Cleaning Products
When chemical buckets and chemloop containers arrive at the depot, they’re decanted into a 1000L drum. Once full, this gets sent to our chemical recycling partners who either centrifuge it to separate the water content, or chemically rebalance so it becomes usable recycled water! The excess 2-3% of chemical waste is properly disposed of by incineration, not sent to landfill.
Construction
Recycled water is used in place of fresh water when a high-purity level is not necessary, like in the construction industry. Whether it’s used for dust suppression to protect workers’ lungs, making concrete, or washing trucks and other equipment, recycled water is a valuable and sustainable resource for all our tradies out there!
Community
The majority of recycled water is bought by councils who then use it across the community for watering gardens, flushing toilets or even filling ornamental ponds.
Manufacturing
Recycled water is especially useful for wet-cutting machines on concrete and tiles. The water keeps dust from getting airborne, reduces noise and acts a coolant to keep machines from overheating.
“It’s great being able to see how much colour we use and putting them somewhere other than down the drain. Having a salon so close to the ocean and in an old building, I don’t want to be putting anything down there that would be harmful to the drainage as well as the ocean."
-Hannah Foy, Hannah Louisa Hair, Australia
Other 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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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.
