Five ways to reuse human hair
by Kelly Leahy
May 3rd 2008 @ 3:55PM
Filed under: Home, Tips
Yes, you read that right. Though it's not common to have huge amounts of hair on hand unless you clean a hair salon, cut it yourself, or own a lot of pets, you might have more hanging around than you think! Here are five ways to reuse it:
- Garden. Human hair as well as pet hair sucked up on your vacuum cleaner make a great addition to your compost pile.
- Sewing. Use hair to stuff pin cushions. The natural oils will keep the pins from rusting.
- Snail repellent. Human and animal hair can be used to deter snails from your garden vegetables. Just sprinkle around the plants.
- Oil spills. You can donate it to Matter of Trust to be woven into mats which can soak up oil spills.
- Crafts. Spin it into yarn and knit a scarf. I'm getting the willies just thinking about it.
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5-04-2008 @ 12:16PM
LA said...
Ponytails of hair 10" or longer can be donated to Locks of Love, an organization that creates wigs for children who have lost their hair to disease or treatment of disease. Their website, locksoflove.org gives details on how to send and how to cut it. Unusable hair that is donated is sold to help production costs, and all colors, textures, are accepted, as well as cash donations.
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