Salamander Bay Recycling in the past one year collected aluminium hair foils from hairdressers across Port Stephens and the wider Hunter region, and this week it had the first load ready for transportation to Liberty OneSteel Recycling at Hexham.
Salamander Bay Recycling general manager Gerard McClafferty said he was both excited and surprised by the project’s success.
"We are delighted to have diverted in excess of 20 cubic metres of material away from landfill. That’s a lot of hairdos and chitchat," said McClafferty in particular.
Further adding to it he said, "But we couldn’t have done it without the magnificent involvement of so many Port salons, along with the support of hairdressers in places like Newcastle, Umina and Singleton. Our special thanks go to Port Stephens Packaging & Workwear for providing the logistical support to transport the used hair foils from those out-of-town salons back to Salamander Bay Recycling."
Mr. McClafferty said that though the financial return on this is very little yet important. Instead of going into landfill, aluminium hair foil can now be recycled and reused. A lot of monetary return may not be involved into this but will certainly create awareness and get people think about what they can recycle, said McClafferty.
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