How a group of salons nationwide is working to decrease their massive carbon footprint
CBSN
While a trip to the hair salon may be for cosmetic purposes, the reality of those beauty services comes at an environmental cost, with millions of pounds of waste each year. To help combat the issue, an environmental organization of about 4,000 participating hair salons across the U.S. and Canada is working to address the industry's massive carbon footprint through recycling.
"I think that a lot of clients don't realize how much waste a salon produces," Jennifer Barber, brand manager for Bob Steele Salons in Atlanta, Georgia, told CBS Mornings' Dana Jacobson.
According to the national environmental group Green Circle Salons, the beauty industry throws out around 877 pounds of waste each minute, which totals to about half a million pounds every day.
