![]() ![]() What and when to recycle can get confusing. Many pay for recyclable materials-cardboard in particular.” “We haul it from both our institutes and the corporate office’s recycling bins, then take it to a recycling center. “Salons use an unbelievable amount of foil, and we don’t have a recycling program for it in Cincinnati,” says Frederic Holzberger, founder and CEO of Aveda Fredric’s Institute, which is headquartered in that city. Join other businesses, and you can share the responsibility and the profits. Strength in numbers counts: Some municipalities don’t have recycling programs for certain materials, such as aluminum foil. “We also encourage everyone in our mall to recycle.” “We buy in bulk and recycle everything from foil to shampoo bottles,” says Fach. Then, the salon recycles as much plastic, paper and packaging as it can. Perhaps because of the natural beauty that surrounds them, Portland-area businesses are taking a leadership role in caring for the environment, says Michelle Fach, owner of Synergy Artistic Salon in Wilsonville, Oregon.Īt her salon, recycling starts with using suppliers that rely on post-consumer recyclable packaging materials in the first place. “You need a realistic balance when going green salons have to use chemicals like hair color, and fluorescent lights don’t make clients look good in the cutting area,” notes Chapin. The salon’s primary hair care line comes in containers made of post-consumer recyclable materials, and Chapin and her hairdresser partner, Earl Pindar, ask clients to bring their shampoo and conditioner bottles back to be refilled. CFL bulbs use less energy, last longer and contribute fewer pounds of carbon dioxide to global warming, when compared to 100-watt incandescent bulbs. ![]() Natural Fusion uses a low-flow washer, Energy Star appliances and compact fluorescent lighting (CFL)-where “beauty” lighting isn’t a must. Kelly Chapin, co-owner of Natural Fusion salon in Frederick, Maryland, worked as a marine ecologist and environmental scientist for 15 years, and naturally applies her environmental values to running the business of the salon. Nearly 90-percent of water bottles are not recycled and wind up in landfills, where they will take thousands of years to decompose. That’s why Laura Kennedy, owner of Viridian Day Spa in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, uses glassware and china, not bottled water or Styrofoam plates.Īpproximately 1.5 million barrels of oil-enough to run 100,000 cars for a year-are used to make plastic water bottles. ![]() When you first do no harm, you don’t have to recycle as much later. “We’re responsible for our world all year, not just on Earth Day.” “We have a calendar of monthly fundraisers for charities that relate to people, animals or the earth,” says Duncan. Reconfigured as “Smart Grow,” the hair can also be used as a slow-release protein fertilizer for farmers, says Mickelberry.Ĭo-owner Keelie Duncan says Sparkle also uses earth-friendly products and marketing materials that are printed are on 100-percent recycled paper with soy inks. The mats are environmentally superior to petroleum-based spill products such as polypropylene pads, because they can be broken down organically using mushroom spores. Processed or not, the hair sponges up oil better than fur. “It’s a non-profit organization that presses the hair into mats, which can be used 30 to 100 times to soak up oil spills,” explains Mickelberry. ![]()
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