As long as I can remember, nature has been my peace, and environmental health my passion. Falling in love with the notoriously wasteful hair and beauty industry had always seemed at odds with that part of me. When I opened my studio I knew I needed to do everything in my power to create as sustainable a business as possible.
One of the main ways I have achieved 95% sustainability is by partnering with Green Circle Salons. Green Circle Salons is a Certified B Corporation on a mission to solve the professional beauty industry's waste problem. Green Circle Salons help salons and spas across the US and Canada reduce their environmental impact by providing a comprehensive, customizable waste management solution to fit each business. Zero-Waste-to-Landfill-certified, the company partners with beauty businesses to recycle and repurpose salon-generated materials such as hair, foils, color tubes, and chemicals.
The beauty industry creates 877 lbs of waste per minute. Sara Zask Hair Studio is helping to change that by offsetting its scope 2 carbon emissions and recovering up to 95% of its beauty waste, including previously unrecoverable materials and hard-to-recycle items like hair clippings, foils, excess hair color, aerosol cans, and color tubes.
Last year alone, Green Circle Salons' members helped to:
Waste Reduction
Diverted 1,358,103 pounds of beauty waste from landfills and waterways
Clean Energy Production
Generated 85,866 kWh of clean energy through Waste-to-Energy initiatives
That's enough to power 94 homes for a month!
Carbon Reduction
Avoided 2,742.95 metric tons of CO2e emissions
Equivalent to taking 610 cars off the road for a year
As well as partnering with Green Circle Salons, I am also committed to using only low and non-toxic hair care products in the hair studio. I exclusively work with Kevin Murphy, a non-toxic, clean ingredient hair care and color line. By using plant sourced ingredients and fragrances, honey-based hair color, and ammonia free lightener, I work to keep harsh chemicals out of my salon environment.
Every day I live my life with respect to our environment in every way I can, and am always seeking new ways to improve sustainability in my salon. Thank you for reading, and for supporting a local sustainable business.
