Human Hair Mats Clean Oil Spills. Why Don’t Big Companies Use Them? | World Wide Waste

Most big oil spills are cleaned using chemicals or mats made with petroleum. One nonprofit uses human hair, which can soak up around five times its weight in oil, as an eco-friendly alternative. MORE WORLD WIDE WASTE VIDEOS: How 7.5 Million Pounds Of Donated Clothes End Up At A Market In Ghana Every Week | World Wide Waste 15 Inventions Made Using Garbage | World Wide Waste We Recycle More Steel Than Plastic. Why Does It Still Pollute So Much? | World Wide Waste ------------------------------------------------------ #BusinessInsider #OilSpills #HairMats Business Insider tells you all you need to know about business, finance, tech, retail, and more. Visit us at: Subscribe: BI on Facebook: BI on Instagram: https://read.b