Join Us on Our Low Waste Journey

At Olive we use:

  • Organic, herbal cleaning products

  • Biodegradable gloves

  • Reusable stainless steel coffee pods

  • Compostable herbal teas

  • Recycled foil

  • Water reduction systems at the basin

95% of our Salon waste is recycled, repurposed or reused through a revolutionary resource recovery program Sustainable Salons Australia, which we are incredibly proud to be a part of.

SSA continues to expand across Australia and New Zealand with more and more salons joining the movement of creating zero waste.

What do they do with our waste…

All the proceeds from recycling the salon’s materials get donated to not-for-profit community-based organisations that do a killer job helping humanity. 

  • @OzHarvest provides meals for hungry Australians.

  • Plastic product bottles, packaging and bags are recycled into outdoor furniture and underground sheeting.

  • Any leftover chemicals are recycled into water and used in construction or roadworks.

  • Once our tools reach the end of their life, they are broken down and all valuable parts are repurposed.

  • Cut off hair is made into hair booms (stockings filled with hair) and used to support charitable causes such as oil spill clean-up projects, local community gardens for composting purposes.

  • Ponytails are donated to charitable wig making services so cancer and alopecia sufferers can have locks too.

Since joining Sustainable Salons Australia in December 2016, Olive Eco Hair has been on a mission towards ZERO WASTE. 

This is what our sustainability impact has contributed to so far (as of 2020)

  • 562kg of paper recycled

  • 408kg of metals recycled

  • 281kg of plastics kept in circulation

  • Approximately 118,000 meals for those in need via @OzHarvest

  • 119L of excess chemicals recycled back into water

  • 84kg of hair collected from the salon floor

  • 70 hair booms (stockings filled with hair) to help soak up oil spills

Refill + Recycle with Us

Committed in reducing our carbon footprint on this earth you are able to refill your shampoo & conditioner favourites at Olive.

What you need to do

Bring in your Kevin Murphy bottles to be re-filled in salon, and you will receive a 10% discount off the original price.

Or you can recycle with us too! By bringing in your empty styling or shampoo bottles to receive a 50c discount (for each bottle) off your next retail purchase at Olive. 

Did You Know?

That both our retail brands we use and recommend have a mindful sustainable approach towards their packaging and make it their aim to be a part of the plastic waste solution!

Kevin Murphy's product bottles are actually made from 100% ocean waste plastic! Which is pretty cool! So you know your reusable plastic shampoo bottles have been kept in the repurposing loop!

PLEASE NOTE - Only Kevin Murphy bottles purchased through Olive are to be used for refilling or recycling with us. We won't be refilling any other brands’ bottles, due to product contamination etc.