SalonCycle launches hair & beauty recycling scheme

Recycling specialist TerraCycle has introduced a new recycling solution for UK hair and beauty salons to assist the sectors in becoming more sustainable and reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill and incineration.

Already established in the UK and designed specifically to deal with many of the hard-to-recycle items of waste generated during hair and beauty treatments, SalonCycle involves the introduction of two recycling boxes which, when full, TerraCycle will sort, clean and process into raw materials.

The  SalonCycle Composting Box is used to collect human hair clippings and trimmings, whilst the SalonCycle Recycling Box makes it easy to recycle used hair foils, metal colour tubes, flexible and rigid plastic containers, disposable gloves and masks, empty coffee cups and food wrappers.

Commenting on the launch of SalonCycle in the UK, Julien Tremblin, General Manager for TerraCycle Europe, says: 

“We are delighted to be launching SalonCycle here in the UK as the amount of waste produced by the haircare and beauty industries is substantial. When developing SalonCycle we listened to salons and their biggest request was for a simple and easy to use solution that isn't confusing for staff. Having to separate waste into lots of different sub categories can be confusing and ultimately can act as a barrier to adoption in the salon. As a result, SalonCycle only offers two boxes, one for human hair and the other for everything else that is either plastic or metal.

"The solution couldn't be easier to implement in a salon or for staff to effectively recycle all the hard-to-recycle waste they are generating  as part of their day-to-day work.”