Nonprofit Using Surplus Hair to Help Clean Up Oil Spills

Source: nbcbayarea.com Published: December 17, 2016 By Garvin Thomas Matter Of Trust specializes in connecting people who have too much of a resource with people who could put it to good use. Turing hair into mats to clean up oil spills has been a perfect fit for...

Guy Donated His Hipster Beard to Help Soak Up Future Oil Spills

Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: June 1, 2016 By Elyse Wanshel Shaving a longtime beard can be a total buzzkill. But when it came time for Scott Boback to get rid of the facial hair that took 20 months to grow, he made the most of it by donating it to a good...

Help a Habitat with Your Hair!

Source: kpwb.org Published: December 10, 2015 Did you ever imagine your extra hair being used to help the environment? Over 200,000 U.S. hair salons and pet groomers cut about two pounds of either hair or fur, PER DAY! Matter of Trust found a resourceful way to use...

Shaving for Sustainability

Source: dickinson.edu Published: May 25, 2016 Click here to watch “Donating Your Beard to Help the Environment”: https://youtu.be/iBh-BwG1XNM Find out how Associate Professor of Biology Scott Boback’s “dope beard” is helping the environment Video by...