You’re on your way to making huge positive impact on your business, your community and the planet.
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Join the movement
KEVIN.MURPHY APAC is participating in the Sustainable Salons program and encourage you to join the movement too!
“At KEVIN.MURPHY, we are working to create a world where quality, innovation and performance in hair improves lives and restores the planet. Partnering with Sustainable Salons in Australia and New Zealand is a no-brainer – we can reduce the volume of waste ending up in landfill, ensuring valuable materials are being captured, recycled and repurposed. This is a win for the environment, which means it’s a win for us.” - KEVIN.MURPHY APAC
✔ Divert up to 95% of your salon resources from going to landfill and give them a meaningful second life
✔ Help feed vulnerable communities with the proceeds from recycling your materials donated to OzHarvest
✔ Be discovered by a huge network of eager clients looking to book a sustainable service
“We hope that by partnering with Sustainable Salons, we can inspire our salon & distributor network to partner with values-aligned organisations like Sustainable Salons. We are thrilled our Australian distributor partner, OzDare, is already working with Sustainable Salons, allowing us to improve our environmental performance together.” - KEVIN.MURPHY APAC
Discover the potential of your salon materials
Planet
Divert 95% of salon materials from landfill
We divert your materials from going to landfill and find innovative new solutions for them! You will receive an annual impact certificate so you know what you've saved from landfill and so you can share your positive impact with your clients.
People
Proceeds from recycling help feed those in need
When you choose to recycle your materials with Sustainable Salons, we donate the proceeds to OzHarvest and KiwiHarvest to provide meals for hungry people. Just $1 = 2 hearty meals for someone in need.
Profit
Attract more new clients to your salon
By becoming a Sustainable Salon, your business is listed on AU & NZ’s #1 Salon Directory. With more than 10,000 visits to the directory each month, the program is actively driving conscious new clients to your door.
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Planet
Divert 95% of salon materials from landfill
We divert your materials from going to landfill and find innovative new solutions for them! You will receive an annual impact certificate so you know what you've saved from landfill and so you can share your positive impact with your clients.
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People
Proceeds from recycling help feed those in need
When you choose to recycle your materials with Sustainable Salons, we donate the proceeds to OzHarvest and KiwiHarvest to provide meals for hungry people. Just $1 = 2 hearty meals for someone in need.
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Profit
Attract more new clients to your salon
By becoming a Sustainable Salon, your business is listed on AU & NZ’s #1 Salon Directory. With more than 10,000 visits to the directory each month, the program is actively driving conscious new clients to your door.
How the program works
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Redeem your offer
Join the movement and become a Sustainable Salon. Kickstart a positive change that benefits the planet, community and your salon's bottom line.
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Get your kit
We provide all the merchandise, equipment and resources you need to become a certified sustainable business.
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Certified sustainable
We train you and your team to become sustainability warriors so you can make huge impact together.
The Sustainable Salons Impact
Planet
2,210,613kg
Total resources diverted from landfill
People
421,970
Meal donations to OzHarvest and KiwiHarvest
Profit
69,430
Salon Bookings from our #1 salon directory
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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Disposables
We made it easy breezy to ensure your disposables are efficiently processed and diverted from landfill, reducing the environmental impact of the salon industry. -
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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.
FAQs
Yes, we have three differing sizes available for our bins to suit businesses of all shapes & sizes. Our team will work with you to ensure that our bins cater to your space.
We currently service metro & regional salons all across Australia and New Zealand. If you’re unsure if we can reach your business, register your interest above and our friendly team will be in touch.
With our quick & easy set-up, you can be up and running with our program in just 3 weeks of saying yes!
Our program has a one-time set-up fee and an ongoing weekly membership fee. Our program is designed to be cost-neutral to your business and personalised to your specific business size & resource recovery needs. Our friendly team can always get in touch with a quote if you would like to learn more.
We service businesses in the hair, barber, beauty, dermal and pet grooming industries.
No need to worry about washing all materials before recycling with Sustainable Salons! We have an advanced resource recovery process that can handle materials without requiring pre-washing. Our goal is to make recycling as easy and sustainable as possible for you.
