Shampoo works because human hair soaks up oil. One nonprofit has turned this idea on its head, using hair mats to clean up oil spills. But rather than this eco-friendly alternative, most big companies ...

Try answering this off the top of your head: What’s an abundant renewable resource that can spur growth in your garden and clear pollutants from bodies of water? The answer, according to a Bay Area ...

For the past few decades, Lisa Craig Gautier and her team at San Francisco-based nonprofit Matter of Trust have used mats made out of human and animal hair to help clean beaches and bodies of water.

(CNN) - A nonprofit based in San Francisco is using human hair and animal fur to help clean up oil spills. A standard way to clean up oil on land is to use mats made from polypropylene, a ...

Krista Zanderson used the Fourth of July weekend to exercise her independence by turning waste from her Mesa business into a good deed for the environment. Matter of Trust converts the pieces into ...

A hairdresser has revealed it took three days to detangle a massive hairball, after a woman didn't brush her hair for three years. Hadassa, who runs Love 518 salon in Miami, Florida, shared a clip to ...