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
      94·
      8 months 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
        9·
        8 months 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.

          • rufus@discuss.tchncs.de
            2·
            8 months ago

            lol. thanks for pointing that out… minor differences… I’m not going to edit it, I got most of the characters in the word right.

            Edit: Although… If someone works in law enforcement, please do pay attention to those subtle differences while dealing with prisoners.

  • treadful@lemmy.zipEnglish
    143·
    8 months ago

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

    • ALostInquirer@lemm.eeOP
      2·
      8 months 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.

  • deegeese
    10·
    8 months ago

    Besides landfilling, it also makes good compost due to the high nitrogen content.