Carlton Sustainable Salon

Sustainable Salons Australia

Madam Frou Frou & Sustainable Salons

Sustainably minded solutions are promoted to help the salon make greener choices. The program began in the hairdressing industry and now creates waste solutions for Hair-dressing & Beauty Salons throughout Australia.

Just by saving valuable materials from landfill, The Sustainable Salons network of hair-dressing, beauty and pet-grooming salons, barber shops, and dermal and cosmetics clinics across Australia and New Zealand helps feed the hungry, protect the planet, and grow local communities.

Plastic packaging is sent to specialist local plastics recycler’s where it’s cleaned and made into outdoor furniture, landscape supplies and new product packaging. This method keeps it in circulation and out of our oceans.

All aluminium foil, color tubes, cardboard, paper, magazines, razor blades, unwanted tools, and select disposables, are sold for recycling, and the proceeds are donated to OzHarvest and KiwiHarvest to provide meals for hungry people.

Hair clippings are collected from the salon floor and stuffed into stockings to make Hair Booms that can one day help clean up oil spills along our coastlines. Hair is also repurposed in local community gardens for composting or used in sustainable art installations to educate the community.

All collected ponytails of 20cm or longer are distributed to charitable organisations to create wigs for those suffering from cancer or alopecia. Sustainable Salons is the largest donor of ponytails in the Southern Hemisphere. By collecting small amounts from a large salon network, Sustainable Salons is the first company to recycle excess chemicals in the salon industry. These are pooled and sent to chemical recycling plants where they’re neutralized and turned into recycled water used in roadworks and construction. Select disposable hygiene products used during treatments are pulled apart and the materials are sent for re-purposing.

We've gone sustainable and 95% of all of our salon waste is now repurposed or recycled. To maintain our commitment to being a sustainable salon a small percentage of your service goes towards funding this important initiative. Please check out sustainablesalons.org