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