One of the stranger things I’ve read today has been that human and animal hair and fur is being used to soak up the oil washing up from the BP spill in the Gulf. An organization called Matter of Trust is accepting donations of hair, fleece, and feathers to make into mats and booms to aid in the BP Gulf oil spill clean-up.
Go to this site for more information. Just think about how shipping hair over long distances is going to use oil though. This is probably a better local venture.
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Hi. My name is Shannel and I’m a student from St Agnes Catholic High School, located in Sydney, Australia. Currently, we are doing a CBL project about Global Issues for Geography. I was wondering if you are still collecting hair to help clean up oil spills? I also wanted to know if this same process, to clean up oil spills, is available in Australia too? Your information would be a big help to our project. Thank you!
Hi Shannel,
Thanks for the note. I am not collecting hair for the oil spills. I just thought it was a very simple, natural solution that was being used for the BP spill. I’m sure you could do some internet searching to find something in Australia. I’m sure they are aware of that solution. Good luck!