You’re on your way to making a huge positive impact.
Keep an eye on your phone or email inbox, as we'll be in touch over the next couple of days to run through your free sustainability consult.
Cut salon waste for good
Discover the benefits of becoming a Sustainable Salon
Make every salon experience a sustainable one
Your salon is a hive of creativity, but the potential waste produced is not so glamorous…
Salons across Australia and New Zealand contribute almost 3 million kilograms of toxic waste to landfill every year. Think chemicals, foils, bottles, colour tubes… Not to mention huge piles of hair clippings swept from the floor daily.
Customers are starting to vote with their feet and find salons that are doing something about this.
Because almost ALL of this can be diverted from landfill and transformed into a force for good.
Why join Sustainable Salons?
Top 3 benefits for your business
Planet
Divert 95% of waste from landfill
Sustainable Salons offer a resource recovery program for almost every material you can think of. We clean it, process it, recycle or repurpose it. But most importantly, we can save up to 95% of your salon waste from landfill.
People
Help those in need
Your waste will help us provide fresh, nutritious meals for people who need them most. 100% of the proceeds of selling recycled materials is donated to OzHarvest and KiwiHarvest to do what they do best.
Profit
Attract new clients to your salon
Get exposure to over 10,000 potential new clients a month with a member listing on the #1 salon directory in Australia and New Zealand. Sustainable Salon members have collectively enjoyed over $15M in additional revenue to date, and counting...
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Planet
Divert 95% of waste from landfill
Sustainable Salons offer a resource recovery program for almost every material you can think of. We clean it, process it, recycle or repurpose it. But most importantly, we can save up to 95% of your salon waste from landfill.
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People
Help those in need
Your waste will help us provide fresh, nutritious meals for people who need them most. 100% of the proceeds of selling recycled materials is donated to OzHarvest and KiwiHarvest to do what they do best.
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Profit
Attract new clients to your salon
Get exposure to over 10,000 potential new clients a month with a member listing on the #1 salon directory in Australia and New Zealand. Sustainable Salon members have collectively enjoyed over $15M in additional revenue to date, and counting...
How the program works
Becoming a Sustainable Salon is easy
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Get your kit
Join the Sustainable Salons program and receive a kit with everything you need to start your sustainability journey: an easy guide and simple training for your staff, merch for your salon, waste sorting bins and more.
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Do your bit
Simply sort your waste as you go into the clearly labelled bins or bags provided, and we'll do the rest. Sustainability has never been so easy.
From hair to metals, chemicals, plastics and more, there's not much we won't touch. With regular collections, you will be well on your way to creating lasting impact.
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Enjoy the benefits
Benefits don't just stop at positive impact and profitability. Members also receive reward points to redeem against sustainably sound salon products, like 'Refoil', hair combs and more - the circular economy in action.
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Become certified sustainable
As a member, your salon will officially be certified as running a sustainable business. Receive an annual impact certificate celebrating the difference you've made - something special you can share proudly with your team and clients.
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1
Get your kit
Join the Sustainable Salons program and receive a kit with everything you need to start your sustainability journey: an easy guide and simple training for your staff, merch for your salon, waste sorting bins and more.
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2
Do your bit
Simply sort your waste as you go into the clearly labelled bins or bags provided, and we'll do the rest. Sustainability has never been so easy.
From hair to metals, chemicals, plastics and more, there's not much we won't touch. With regular collections, you will be well on your way to creating lasting impact.
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Enjoy the benefits
Benefits don't just stop at positive impact and profitability. Members also receive reward points to redeem against sustainably sound salon products, like 'Refoil', hair combs and more - the circular economy in action.
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4
Become certified sustainable
As a member, your salon will officially be certified as running a sustainable business. Receive an annual impact certificate celebrating the difference you've made - something special you can share proudly with your team and clients.
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.
See why thousands of successful salons like yours are taking active steps to make a positive change.
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“We only have one planet”
Sustainability matters to us as a collective at Telleish because we have only one planet, we are just renting it. Let’s leave it for our kids and grandkids in a better way than we found it.
— Chantelle Cowcher, Telleish Hair Studio, Australia
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“Clients know they are doing good by coming to the salon”
One of the things i'm really passionate about is the environment, and having my salon so environmentally friendly, with all our plants, and Sustainable Salons, it's great to be able to add that extra bit of sustainability into the daily practice of the salon. The clients love seeing me put things into the bins, seeing me empty that colour straight into the chemicals bucket. They just know they are doing good by coming into the salon.
— Hannah Louisa, Hannah Louisa Hair, Australia
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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
Got questions? Find answers...
While many businesses are keen to get on board, our current program is best suited to those in the hair, barber, beauty and pet grooming industries.
We collect, clean, recycle or repurpose up to 95% of typical salon waste, including hair, metals, plastics, paper, chemicals, sharps, razors, disposables, old equipment, even ponytails! If you have something not on this list, please ask.
We currently service metro and regional salons all across Australia and New Zealand. If you are wondering whether that includes you, please register your interest and one of our friendly Sustainability Experts will be in touch.
The program is designed to be cost-neutral to your business. Aside from a small set up fee, there is an ongoing membership fee tailored to your business size, number of clients and resource recovery needs. However, the way the program is structured, the resource recovery fee will not be an overhead for your business. Talk to one of our friendly Sustainability Experts to find out more.
We sure do! We know space can be a premium in smaller salons. That's why we offer three different bin sizes to suit every business. Chat to one of our friendly Sustainability Experts and they will ensure you get the coverage that best suits you.
Good news - the answer is no. We're keen to encourage as many salons as possible to embrace sustainable practices by keeping things easy. No need to pre-wash a thing due to our advanced processing facilities. The only request we have is that any pet fur is free of fleas, matting and faeces (yikes!).