Our Environmental, Social and Governance Commitment
Since 2015, we have partnered with Green Circle Salons to divert 95% or more of our salon waste from landfills. We make sustainable choices in the products and supplies we use to make each guest visit beauty service carbon neutral.
We also support the health and well-being of our employees with paid time off, health benefits and other lifestyle and financial benefits. We continue to provide living wages and important benefits to our team so that they can lead healthy lives and serve our guests.
What happens to salon and spa waste?
Hair clippings
When disposed of in garbage bags, hair clippings can produce harmful greenhouse gases. Instead, we get creative by composting ours with other organic waste or providing them to groups who use them in the filtration of stormwater and clean up of oil spills.
Hair color
Rather than rinsing excess color down the drain and further polluting our water and soil, our color waste is separated into oil and water. The clean water is returned to the water system and the oil is blended into fuel.
Metals
110,000 lbs of hair foils and other metals are thrown away by salons every day. Instead, we recycle ours by melting them into aluminum sheets and bars that can be used in production of other goods.
PPE
PPE like face masks and single-use gloves is incinerated. The ash byproduct is used in asphalt and other construction materials like brick.
Paper and cardboard
Paper and cardboard are sorted by grade, broken down into paper pulp and recycled into new paper products or cellulose insulation.
Plastic waste
Plastics are sorted by type, ground into tiny pieces, and used to make new products like shampoo bottles
Environmental, Social and Governance Fee
To achieve our environmental, social and governance commitments, all our services have a nominal fee of $2-$6, tied to the service total. We appreciate our guests' partnership in choosing sustainable beauty.