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Did you know the Amoco Cadiz sank off the coast of Brittany (1978) or the bulk carrier Wakashio off the coast of Mauritius (2020), hair was used to absorb some of the oil spilt in the waters ?

Insulating, resistant, fertilising, biosorbent, cut hair has many interesting properties. It is a waste produced in increasing quantities and which is currently largely unexploited.

Founded in 2015, Coiffeurs Justes is an association from the Var region in France.  Its ambition :  recover and recycle this organic material by uniting professionals and rising awareness of this sustainable practice among them. Thanks to a simple bag, the association helps hair collection, storage and transportation to structures where it can be processed. Fertilizers, oil filters, thermal and phonic insulators… uses are numerous and promising ! Coiffeurs Justes, a project to explore here

“What is our project for humanity? I am sure we are able to adapt to climate change and go over short-term parameters, but now we need the intelligence of will at every level of our society”.

During the national lock down, the Pavillon de l’Arsenal, launched the forum “What do we do for tomorrow ?” to think together about what the world will be made of after the Covis-19 worldwide experience. Coupled with an exhibition, the forum brings together more than 195 tribunes, poems, drawings, experimental writing by architects, city planners, real estate developers, engineers… Including the architect Maud Caubet. She shared there her vision of the city, thus of life, in a great op-ed currently exhibited at the Pavillon de l’Arsenal.

Discover it at the Pavillon de l’Arsenal or to thanks to the online forum with all the other inputs.

In France, the amount of waste we produce has doubled since 1960. Yet more than 90% of food waste is not recycled. It is this assessment that made Les Alchimistes decide to act. Since its founding in 2016, Les Alchimistes’s ambition consist in reintegrating 10% of food waste into a virtuous cycle through composting. Its offer is adapted to all profiles (professionals, local authorities or individuals) whether for waste collection or the sale of this ultra rich in organic matter Super Compost. Circular, local and waste-fighting economy, Les Alchimistes have got it all figured out. Discover their project here