Introduction of Environmental impact of hair recycling

Human hair waste is known as to be the wealthy waste due to its recycling benefits. As Recycling industries are making their way back into the industry as result of increased health and environmental concerns. More and more people are preferring to use recycled product rather than

freshly manufactured product. Like other industries hair recycling industry is also booming. Hair recycling industry is proving its worth in many sectors by the benefits being yielded from it. They are not only beneficial for the environment but also economically and socially they are quite useful there is a lot of potential in this industry.    

Environmental impact of hair recycling:

Topic: Environmental impact of hair recycling

Point: Usage of hairs in order to you reduce impact of oil spill

Information and Explanation: It is important to introduce the concept of Sustainable saloons in order to make sure that the waste of the saloons is not filled under lands but it is used for some better purpose and objective. One of the most significant benefits of hair is that they can be used in order to avoid damages related to any kind of oil spill. A program can be formulated under which hairs can be collected from beauty salons on daily basis and they can be used in case of any oil spill. This program will be named as sustainable saloon program. It will help the beauty salons to formulate their corporate social responsibilities and they will be able also fulfill such corporate social responsibility. It will help the beauty salons to reduce the negative influence of oil spill on sea side and will help to protect the environment. It has been observed that oil spill related cases are increasing with the passage of time due to increase in level of sea transport. In order to clean up oil spills, this hair can be effectively used. So, Hair waste can be used for such positive environmental aspect. In order to promote this program, clients will be provided incentive. For example, every client will be offered $2 per bag. This financial incentive will not only help the collector's to increase their collection related to wasted hair from different beauty salons but it will also encourage different beauty salons to make sure that the wasted hairs are provided to such parties instead of throwing them anywhere. This program would be a significant contribution towards the environment as it wills not only help to reduce the waste related to hairs but it will also help to reduce the negative influences of oil spills (Walmsley 2018).

Social benefits of hair recycling industry:

Topic: Social benefits of recycling human hair

Point: Human hair can be used by companies for testing material related to hair care products

Information and Explanation:

Human hair is used by researchers and different organization in order to test different materials related to hair care products. Human hairs from saloons can be collected in order to test different hair care products like shampoos, oil, conditioners and other related products. It will help to reduce dependency on collection of test material. Wastage from different solutions can be collected on daily basis and can be used for research purposes. This will be a social positive input of hair wastage. There can be different uses of hair wastage which might include Hair Care related researches, product manufacturers around the globe, hair stylist, and trainers in both saloons and laboratory. Test related to hairs are conducted on different colors of hairs and different types of hairs. Test is also conducted on different level of damages related to hairs. Availability of different colors of hairs, different level of hair damages, and different hair type will help the organizations and researches to understand the hair products in more effective and efficient manner. It will also reduce the cost of research and development related to hair care products. With reduction in research and development cost related to hair care products, organization will be able to introduce the product with comparatively low price and it will be beneficial for the end user as end user will be required to pay cheap price for the newly introduced product based upon new research and studies (Gupta 2014).

Economic benefits of hair recycle industry:

Topic: Economic benefits of hair recycle industry

Point: Wasted hair can be used for economic recycling purpose

Information and Explanation:

A lot of hair are wasted on daily basis from different saloons and related Centre. A program can be initiated under which on daily basis hair can be collected from saloons and different beauty centers. There are different economic advantages of using these hairs for different purposes. It is important to understand that these hairs are used in the making of cosmetic brushes. Scales present on the hairs can be used for the making of cosmetic brushes as they are used to hold the cosmetic powder particles and they are applied uniformly on skin for a surface. That is why, it is suggested that human hairs from different saloons and beauty centers can be effectively used in making of different cosmetic brushes. Almost all kinds of hairs can be used in making of cosmetics brushes. 

By using this hair, manufacturing facilities will be able to reduce the cost of production which will eventually reduce the price of the final product for the consumer. With decrease in the final price for the product, consumer will be able to achieve economic benefit from it. Consumer will be able to pay comparatively less amount and his savings will increase. He can use his savings for other beneficial objectives like making investment in different kinds of project which will improve the economic cycle in the country. If this technique is applied at country wise scale then economic advantages and benefits of using such hairs can be significantly utilized.

Hair can also be used by manufacturers to make products related to cosmetic brushes. There are different it types of cosmetic brushes like some brushes are used on regular basis while some are used for some specific party based makeup’s. These wasted hairs can be used for making every type of cosmetic brushes which will eventually not only benefit the manufacturer but will also benefit the final consumers.

Conclusions on Environmental impact of hair recycling

The study discussed above has shown that the potential in hair recycling industry is not fully exploited. So there are opportunities to avail the benefits from the industry. We not only can reduce the hair wastage but can also turn it into something valuable. It is not only beneficial for the environment but also suitable for the economy of the population. The public should be made aware of the benefits of hair waste in order to gain some benefit out of something that was of no usage. In short hair waste is a wealthy waste.     

References of Environmental impact of hair recycling

Gupta, Ankush. 2014. "Human Hair “Waste” and Its Utilization: Gaps and Possibilities." Journal of Waste Management. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jwm/2014/498018/.

Walmsley, Hannah. 2018. Sustainable hair salons combing up with ways to recycle waste and cut back on landfill. Accessed 04 30, 2019. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-15/sustainable-hair-salons-combing-up-with-ways-to-recycle-waste/9323358.