So I know some hair may be donated for the making of hairpieces or the like, but…I don’t imagine the same can be done for shavings/trimmings, nor do I imagine most cut hair is donated…

Is there like a massive hairball section of waste treatment facilities for shaved/trimmed hair?

    • qooqie@lemmy.world
      84·
      1 year ago

      Here I go on my soapbox. Landfilling stuff is so bad because you can’t use that highly plastic polluted soil, please consider composting or getting community/company compost to pick it up

      • rufus@discuss.tchncs.de
        7·
        1 year ago

        Some cities / municipalities also do “thermal treatment” aka mainly burning/incarcerating the normal non-recyclable household waste. Depends on where you live.

        But I have to agree. Compostable stuff should get composted. Not end in a landfill mixed together with lots of problematic materials.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    1 year ago

    Shavings are usually rinsed down the grey/black water drain, and like other solids filtered out at the sewage processing plant and sent to the landfill,

    Hair clippings at the salon or barber are generally too short for wigs; and are usually just tossed unless the person is specifically asking to donate (either by going to a stylist that is doing that, or specifically requests a to-go bag….)

    • Slatlun@lemmy.ml
      3·
      1 year ago

      In my area, trash is screened and ladfilled. Some hair goes with that, but most enters the solids stream where it is treated then the treated residuals are applied to farms as a soil enhancer/fertilizer. Pretty cool that they don’t just send it to landfill imo

  • treadful@lemmy.zipEnglish
    143·
    1 year ago

    I’m confused by the question. Do you think trash gets separated or something?

    • ALostInquirer@lemm.eeOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      Sorry, I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to focus on shaved/trimmed hair vs. cut hair when asking, but shaved’s more of what I was wondering about, as I think that’s often washed/flushed away?

      I also thought it was a fun mundane question about something one otherwise may not think much about.