In Australian salons, more than 400 tonnes of hair clippings are produced every year.

That's a lot of material going into landfill that couple otherwise be given a second life and help impact the planet in better ways. Hair is actually an amazing resource with organic properties such as absorbtion and soil enrichment.

What happens to the hair we collect?

The hair that Waste Free Systems collects from customers is brought to our handling and sorting facility, where it's processed and prepared for use in secondary products.

Hair Booms

Hair has natural properties that make it an excellent absorber of oils. Hair Booms are long "socks" that are filled with hair and fur, and used in environmental management programs for containing oil or fuel spills in water, or on building and construction sites where sediment and run off needs to be kept out of waterways and drains.

Other marine or construction booms on the market are made with plastics and non-recyclable materials. WFS Hair Booms are made from 98% natural materials, are 100mm diameter and typically 1m in length.

Waste Free Systems can manufacture hair booms for:

• Local councils

• Construction and building contractors

• Marinas and harbours

• Environmental groups

Contact us for availability and pricing of our Hair Booms.

Land restoration and fertiliser

We can provide hair for natural soil enrichment, or for land restoration projects. Hair not only gives nutrients back to the soil, but is an excellent natural, light-weight base material for embankments, garden beds and other landscaping use cases where the topology needs to be built up and restored.

We are also trialing the combination of hair with coffee grounds collected from cafes to create enriched garden fertiliser.

Contact us for more information about how we can supply hair for your land restoration and environmental project.