By William Turvill
PUBLISHED: 05:48 EST, 1 March 2014 | UPDATED: 05:48 EST, 1 March 2014
A hairdresser has started feeding her clients' hair to worms inside her salon to go green and create her own compost.
Kate Prutton, 42, from Norwich, has just bought 200 worms and a wormery in a radical bid to become the country's most eco-friendly salon.
And she said her clients at Orb Organic Hair are enjoying the combination of worms and perms.
Miss Prutton said she had battled to run an ethical and environmentally-positive business since opening in September 2008.
She said: 'We use eco-friendly and cruelty-free products.
'Our towels are recyclable or disposable and we recycle everything we can, including the foils for our hair colours.'
She added: 'I was trying to think of what we could do to go even further and I came up with the idea of recycling hair using a wormery.
'I will also bring in some food for them from home, such as leftover vegetables, fruit and egg shells.'
The wormery is currently in the salon but Miss Prutton has identified a nearby outdoor spot where it can be stored if it becomes odorous.
'The reason I'm doing it is to reduce what we put in our waste.
'It's also a way of getting very effective fertiliser that I can give away to my clients if they want it because I don't have a garden,' she said.
'Clients have been really interested in it.
'They think it's brilliant.'
Stylist Samantha Larkin is also set to launch a campaign to drum up new business which will see recycled paper packets of garden sunflower seeds, printed using vegetable-based inks, delivered to homes.
The hairdressers are now looking forward to being able to give customers updates on how the worms are faring.
After all it makes a change from talking about holidays, the wet weather and the latest styles.
0 Comment "Hairdresser feeds clients' hair to WORMS inside her salon in drive to go green ..."
Posting Komentar