A nongovernmental organization in Belgium creates mats of human hair that can soak up pollution in water or be made into a biocomposite bag.
BRUSSELS, Belgium – Coiffeurs across Belgium are sweeping up and bagging hair clipped from their customers, and then handing it over to a nongovernmental organization that recycles it to protect the environment.
Project co-founder Patrick Janssen, explaining that 1 kilogram of hair can absorb 7-8 liters of oil and hydrocarbons, said the mats can be placed in drains to soak up pollution in water before it reaches a river.
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