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The beauty industry sends 877 pounds of waste to the landfill every minute. Becoming a sustainable salon can change that. Let's find out how! Click on the common waste products found in salons to see how Green Circle recycles these salon byproducts. <\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","subContentId":"40a4c840-dc47-4d74-98a6-4aa23853afd8","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"}},"title":"Green Circle Salons"},{"content":{"params":{"text":"

Hair clippings are either<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

-composted with other organic waste<\/p>\n\n

-turned into bio-composite plastic to make new products like recycling bins <\/p>\n\n

-used to research and develop new environmental technology like insulation and stormwater filtration <\/p>\n\n

-made into products to be used for humanitarian efforts <\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","subContentId":"4109d90b-d4e0-4f93-ab49-a4ee46b01f40","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"}},"title":"Hair Clippings"},{"content":{"params":{"text":"

excess hair colour is collected and either <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

-turned into clean energy <\/p>\n\n

-seperated into oil and water, water is cleaned and returned to the water system and oil is blended into fuel <\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","subContentId":"af1be16a-4673-4fad-8144-b8e4fb692262","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"}},"title":"Excess Hair Colour"},{"content":{"params":{"text":"

Metal will be sorted by grade and type ->melted down into aluminum sheets or bars (called ingots) ->used to make new products like car parts and bicycles <\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","subContentId":"68db7a0d-f4ce-4664-9ae7-0c013c5d6298","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"}},"title":"Metals- foils, colour tubes and aerosol containers"},{"content":{"params":{"text":"

Used PPE is safely incinerated and either <\/p>\n\n

-turned into clean, renewable energy to power our homes and businesses <\/p>\n\n

-the ash can be used to make filler in ashpalt, and other construction materials like bricks<\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","subContentId":"3bb06f0b-fe52-401c-815d-1a4f23f29915","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"}},"title":"Used PPE"}],"hTag":"h3"}

Recycling in the salon

Krysta McBain