Firstly – this is your final week to make the most of our exclusive offer with Ettitude, our show partner for the month of March. ETTITUDE bed linen is made from organic bamboo lyocell, which is an extremely durable fabric and so lovely to the touch. Ettitude are amazing, not only do they have a gorgeous product range, but we always talk about supporting companies who are supporting amazing things outside of their sphere – and these guys contribute a portion of their sales to a wonderful organisation responsible for education – did you know that 60 million girls in the world right now are not getting an education, not just because they cannot afford to, but simply because they were born female?! Outrageous. I love that they’re backing this charity, we can all do our bit and these guys certainly are.

To make the most of this exclusive offer CLICK THROUGH THIS EXCLUSIVE LINK and use the code “sleepbetter” to receive 10% off your purchase- you’re welcome, and a big thanks to Ettitude for being our show supporter brand this month.

So on the subject of everyone doing their bit – I wanted to let you know that I have my own offer for you, on our Low Tox Life GOTS certified organic cotton shopping bags – I donate 20% from the sales of my shopping bags to the incredible OCEAN CLEAN UP organisation – the offer I mention in the show for you guys, is 20OFF to get a full 20% off your order, including the shipping!

In this show I chat to Sustainable Salons Australia co-founder Paul Frasca about his incredible, community building business, recycling as much as 95% of the hair salon’s waste and turning it into some seriously useful things. We talk about just how much wastage there currently is in the hair industry, how the various waste items can actually be recycled and used for, how he’s structured the business and where to next. It’s an inspiring chat with a guy who, instead of leaving his industry to ‘do something more sustainable’, decided to stay right where he was and make HIS industry more sustainable.

• Early in Paul’s discoveries, he focussed on the Aluminium Foil wastage – Paul discovered Aluminium made up 50% of the waste bin contents across Australia, equating to just over 1 million kg of foil going to landfill yearly just from hair salons in Australia (and another 45 million kg in the US, and 78 million kg in Europe… wow!!!!) …and that’s where it all began for Paul!
• Hair makes up 11% of the wastage in salons in Australia
• Paul is somewhat responsible for the production of the first biodegradable gloves – the non degradable version takes around 200 years to degrade – ouch – as opposed to around 60 days (in the soil) for the bio degradable ones. They’re made from a synthetic latex – and the great news is these can be purchased for home use too – check it out HERE.
• Sustainable Salons collect all the aluminium from salons throughout Australia, they cash this in and donate the funds to OzHarvest – feeding over 2000 homeless people every month.
• How big should your aluminium foil balls be to be used for recycling? Ideally the size of a tennis ball – so crush it / save it and when it’s that size, toss it in the recycling bin!
• What can be done with the hair waste? Hair clippings are put into a ‘hair bin’ which is then used for hair booms (pic below) – read about them HERE.

 

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