How much can you really do with your hair?  Well, there are organizations out there collecting human hair (some animal hair as well) and forming mats out of it. They are using these mats made of hair to clean up oil spills!  We get into more detail as to how this is done and discuss what happens when there is an oil spill and who is responsible for the clean ups.

References:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8fsVzyj-PA

https://time.com/6262631/philippines-oil-spill-cleanup-hair/

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/05/19/world/oil-spills-human-hair-matter-of-trust-spc-scn-intl-c2e/index.html

https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-tech/remediation/hair-clean-up-oil-spills.htm

https://matteroftrust.org/clean-wave-program/