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Disposables
Check our guidelines below to see what disposables we can collect from your business and recycle.
Ever wondered if those materials you use every day in your salon or clinic can go somewhere other than the trash? Yes they can!
Sustainable Salons accepts paper-based disposable materials like wax strips and wooden spatulas so you can keep on beautifying your clients while we beautify the planet by diverting these materials from landfill.
What do we accept?
Yes
- Paper-based wax strips
- Paper bed rolls
- Wooden spatulas
No
- Fibrella/ Cello Paper/ Facial Wipes
- Cotton
- Cotton, Fabric or Synthetic Waxing Strips
- Mixed Material Items (e.g G-Strings, hair nets, crinkle caps)
Other materials we collect
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Metals
By recycling metals, like salon foils and colour tubes, we contribute to a greener future and also generate proceeds to feed those in need. -
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Plastics
With the salon industry's heavy use of plastics, we knew a real impact can (and has!) been made by recycling it all and creating sustainably stylish new products. -
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Paper
Whether it’s the magazines that keep your clients occupied, cardboard packaging from your products, wooden spatulas or just plain old office paper, we’ve got you covered. -
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Hair
Hair is one of the most underestimated renewable resources out there. That’s why we’ve done the research and developed new ways to repurpose recycled hair. -
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Ponytails
Ponytail donations from your salon clients can be used to create high-quality charitable medical wigs for those suffering medically induced hair loss. -
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Chemicals
Instead of salon chemicals being rinsed down the sink and polluting our waterways, we help give them a second life by neutralising them to be reused as recycled water. -
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Sharps
Sustainable Salons is on a mission to “move the needle” and ensure your clinic's sharps are disposed of ethically and responsibly, preventing sharps from going to landfill. -
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Razors
We divert razors from going to landfill and ensure they are safely processed and recycled. Like other materials we collect, razors can be made into new products. -
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Tools
Tools like hair dryers, clippers, curling wands and straighteners can all be collected, recycled responsibly and diverted from landfill. -
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& More
Not sure whether or not you can recycle a certain material? Take a look to see what other resources we can collect, recycle and give a meaningful second life.
