Oil Spill:Donate Pet Hair to Help

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf is another unfortunate world catastrophe you have probably been hearing about quite a bit these days. Well, did you know you could actually help out by donating your favorite fur buddies hair? So how exactly can hoarding pet fur help with cleaning up one of the worst environmental disasters in recent memory? A nonprofit company called Matter of Trust has been accepting donations of non-filthy pet fur and human hair since 1998 to craft oil-absorbing hairmats — described as “flat square dreadlocks” — and hair-stuffed containment booms made from recycled pantyhose. These hairy contraptions are effective at soaking-up oil and they don’t require any new resources … just stuff you’d normally trash.  In addition to pet owners, groomers and salon owners can get involved too by sending in bulk shipments of hair/fur. In fact, as of today, 400,000 pounds of hair was en route to the Gulf Coast.

Head on over to Matter of Trust for instructions on how you, and your four-legged friend, can help out.