Human hair recycled in Belgium to protect the environment
The Hair Recycle project feeds locks and tresses into a machine that turns them into matted squares that can be used to absorb oil and other hydrocarbons.
Belgian hairdresser at hair salon L'Atelier Chedly Boussigua cuts a customer's hair, which will be collected by the association Dung Dung that transforms hair into tiles used to absorb polluting chemical substances in water, in Brussels, Belgium November 4, 2022.(photo credit: YVES HERMAN/REUTERS)ByREUTERS