Posts Tagged ‘shampoo’

Stop Washing Your Hair to Save the Planet

shampoo-techniques.jpgTesting eight washed and eight unwashed hair samples, the University of Missouri’s Lakshmi Pandrangi and Glenn Morrison found that, on average, unwashed hair absorbs around seven times as much ozone as freshly washed hair. “Ozone is probably reacting with components of hair oil,” says Morrison.

Read Green Option: Shampoo Skipping

Source: New Scientist

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Tip o’ the Day: Shampoo Skipping

Sometimes the best way to cut down on your consumption is just to use less stuff. Green Options writer Maria Surma Manka gave me a tip suggestion recently that will help you do just that: "Wash your hair every other day. I started doing this about 1 1/2 years ago and besides spending less time in the shower using up water, I buy shampoo and conditioner much less (half as much, actually).

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