Paul Brown Institute at Remington College Donates Hair Clippings to Help Oil Spill Recovery Effort
Hair shipped to nonprofit group to be used for booms and mats to contain growing Gulf spill
Honolulu, Hawaii – (May 19, 2010) – The Paul Brown Institute at Remington College is joining in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill recovery effort in an unconventional way.
The campus is sending hair clippings to a San Francisco nonprofit group that uses the material to make eco-friendly booms and mats to contain oil spills.
The charity, called Matter of Trust, is organizing shipments of hair to 15 locations in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
“You shampoo your hair because it gets greasy,” explains Phil McCrory on the Matter of Trust website. “Hair is very efficient at collecting oil out of the air, off surfaces like your skin and out of the water, even petroleum oil.”
Students and staff at the Paul Brown Institute at Remington College are now sweeping up the hair from the salon floor and saving it in bags and boxes for shipment.
“This is a great, environmentally-friendly way to try and combat this massive problem,” said Ken Heinemann, Remington College-Honolulu Campus President. “We’re happy to pitch in and help.”
All Remington College salons across the country are saving and sending their hair clippings.
The group is also taking donations of pet fur, wool, horse hair, feathers and washed nylons. People can sign up to donate at: http://www.matteroftrust.org/programs/hairmatsinfo.html#salons.
Paul Brown Institute at Remington College is located at 1132 Bishop Street, Suite 550 in Honolulu.
For more information, call 1-800-448-6405.
About Remington College: Remington College is a common name used by all 20 campuses of a group of affiliated companies of privately-owned, post-secondary educational institutions based in Heathrow, Florida. Through its campuses, Remington College offers diplomas, bachelor’s and associate’s degrees in a variety of fields, including: cosmetology; nursing; healthcare; criminal justice; business; electronics; information technology; and more. Course offerings vary by campus. Remington College and its predecessor companies have been part of the higher education community since 1985. For more information, please visit http://www.remingtoncollege.edu/. For the latest news about Remington College, visit http://today.remingtoncollege.edu/.
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