Sustainability for Small Business

OVER 90% OF SALON WASTE DIVERTED FROM LANDFILL

Making sustainability a key your salon success

Foils, colours, trimmings, boxes and bottles. We take what your salon throws away and see that it returns as new materials, charitable donations, energy savings and more.

Sustainability for Small Business

OVER 90% OF SALON WASTE DIVERTED FROM LANDFILL

Making sustainability a key your salon success

Foils, colours, trimmings, boxes and bottles. We take what your salon throws away and see that it returns as new materials, charitable donations, energy savings and more.

Sustainability for Small Business

OVER 90% OF SALON WASTE DIVERTED FROM LANDFILL

Making sustainability a key your salon success

Foils, colours, trimmings, boxes and bottles. We take what your salon throws away and see that it returns as new materials, charitable donations, energy savings and more.

82,000 kg

82,000 kg

salon waste diverted from landfill so far

salon waste diverted from landfill so far

1.6 million km

1.6 million km

car emissions saved from atmosphere

car emissions saved from atmosphere

140,000 L

140,000 L

water saved by recycling cardboard

water saved by recycling cardboard

80 years

80 years

worth of a single home's energy saved

worth of a single home's energy saved

LESS IN THE BIN. MORE POSSIBILITY.

Join our Green Salon Club.

Join our Green Salon Club.

We aim to make the salon manager's life as simple as possible when implementing our program, providing all the support they'll ever need.

Sustainability made simple

Sustainability made simple

Becoming a member of the Green Salon Club gives you everything you need to take what is normally thrown in the bin, and convert it into something good!

  • Tailored solutions for salon waste streams, so it doesn't go down the drain or into landfill

  • A sustainability story that connects your values with your clients

  • Marketing support including verifiable sustainability data for your salon

  • Biodegradable and eco-friendly salon consumables bundled into your subscription

Membership Benefits.

Membership Benefits.

Membership Benefits.

Best rates to suit all salons

Our solutions are designed to be affordable, because we understand you're a small business (just like us!)

Local owners and support

We're family owned and operated. When you call the office, you speak to the owners. We're genuinely here to help.

Discounted salon products

Biodegradable gloves, bin liners, Eco Foils and more are available at discount rates, and can be bundled into your service.

HOW IT WORKS

From the salon to somewhere useful.

From the salon to somewhere useful.

From the salon to somewhere useful.

Simple steps to making a difference, and we do most of the work!

1

Join the club

Call us and we'll talk you through the various collection options relevant for your space, and give you the best price in the market.

2

Simple sorting

Our bin systems make it super easy for your team to separate waste in the salon, ready for regular collection.

3

Send it our way

Local, regular collections by our own drivers across Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast and Gympie. Full bins, gone!

4

See your impact

Materials are repurposed. Proceeds are donated to your charity of choice. Verifiable data is available on your online ECO Profile.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Our impact, so far.

Our impact, so far.

These are the numbers behind every collection - not a projection. Every kilogram diverted is one less to landfill, and one more repurposed into products, or savings of water and energy.

Each salon's individual numbers are updated in realtime and access through their ECO Profile.

82,000

kg of salon waste diverted from landfill

1.6 m

kms of car emissions saved from the atmosphere

140,000

litres of water saved by recycling cardboard

80 yrs

worth of a single Aussie home’s energy saved

RECOVERABLE MATERIALS

What resources do we recover?

What resources do we recover?

What resources do we recover?

Common salon waste streams that can be diverted from landfill and repurposed.

METALS

Foil & Metals

Foils, colour tubes and spray cans are super recyclable, often turned straight back into what they started as, and the proceeds fund your chosen charity.

HAIR

Hair Clippings

Small clippings with big possibilities. Collected separately, hair can be recovered and put to use instead of going to landfill.

CARDBOARD

Packagaing

Boxes, packaging and paper. Keep them clean and separate so their fibres can be recycled into something useful again.

PLASTICS

Bottles

Empty salon bottles and containers. Sorting recyclable plastics helps keep valuable materials in circulation.

CHEMICALS

Colour & Liquids

Keep leftover colour and salon chemicals separate for responsible collection, rather than pouring them down the drain.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY

Changing lives beyond the chair.

Changing lives beyond the chair.

Changing lives beyond the chair.

Nominate which one of our charity partners receives proceeds from recycling your foils and metals as a quarterly donation.

Planting native forests

Greenfleet plants legally protected native Australian forests to deliver climate action, create habitat for koalas and other native wildlife, and help conserve biodiversity.

Feeding QLD families in need

Each week, Foodbank supports 135,000 Queenslanders in crisis and provides breakfast to 52,000 children each school week. Every $1 buys 2 meals for those in need.

Supporting childrens education

The Smith Family works with thousands of Australian children and their families every day, to overcome educational inequality caused by poverty.

Local environmental projects

Environmental projects

Watergum are a community organisation that conducts various environmental conservation and restoration projects around the Gold Coast region.

A community organisation running various environmental conservation and restoration projects around the Gold Coast region.

CLIENT LOVE

We work as a trusted member of your team.

We work as a trusted member of your team.

"Dale and the team at WFS are always reliable, professional and easy to deal with. It is clear they genuinely care about sustainability and responsible waste management, which is something we really value as a business. Their communication is excellent and they go above and beyond to make sure everything runs smoothly."

Luke Reynolds Hairdressing

"We're an organic salon and knew the industry had a waste problem. We were already recycling some things, but after joining Waste Free Systems it became so much easier. We just included a small fee on our price list. The staff and clients love it."

Belinda B.
Eco Organic Hair

"Highly recommend! Very affordable, super easy to use their service and the team have amazing customer service! The team are always there if you need and it’s an awesome way to support the environment. They do such an amazing job! 🥰"

Holly W.
So In Style Hair Studio

"Waste Free Systens feel like a part of our salon family. Very easy to communicate and work with. Recycling is so simple and such a natural process in the salon now. Supporting a smaller business is a high priority for us and we find their service and support back to us exceptional."

Tania M.
Hair on Piccadilly

Talk to local people who will treat you as a partner, not act like another supplier.

Talk to local people who will treat you as a partner, not act like another supplier.

Talk to local people who will treat you as a partner, not act like another supplier.

Local QLD family owned and operated. Servicing Sunshine Coast (HQ), Brisbane, Gold Coast and Gympie.

No pressure, no obligation. Tell us about what you'd like sustainability to look like in your salon, and we'll tell you how we can help.