5 Ways Your HAUS Salon Visit Gives Back to the Planet

Environmentally speaking, a haircut at one salon isn't the same as a haircut at another. Certified Green Circle Salons divert hundreds of pounds of waste per client, per year, that would otherwise end up in a landfill. HAUS is certified across all three of our Minneapolis locations. Here's what that actually means for you.

1. Your Foils Get a Second Life

Foils, color tubes, leftover product in the mixing bowl, at a typical salon, all of it goes in the trash. Most cities won't even recycle salon foil once it's been through the color process; it's considered contaminated.

At HAUS, none of that gets thrown away. Foils are recovered and remade into things like bike frames and aerospace parts. Color tubes get processed and reused. Salons across North America toss about 110,000 pounds of metal a day, more than half the weight of a commercial jet. Booking with us keeps your share of that out of the ground.

2. Your Haircut Helps Clean Up Oil Spills

Hair happens to be one of the best natural oil absorbers around. Green Circle Salons collects clippings from certified salons and turns them into mats used in actual oil spill cleanups along coastlines.

The industry throws out roughly 63,000 pounds of hair every day, and hair rotting in a landfill releases methane, a much worse greenhouse gas than CO2 in the short term. Get a haircut at HAUS, and yours doesn't go to waste.

3. Leftover Color Skips the Drain

There's almost always some color left in the bowl after a service. Across the industry, that adds up to over 42,000 pounds tossed daily, usually rinsed down the sink.

At HAUS, we collect it instead of rinsing it. It gets converted into energy rather than washed into the water supply.

4. You're Backing a Business That's Done the Work

Plenty of salons say they're eco-conscious. Fewer can prove it. Green Circle certification means our waste stream is Landfill-Free verified by NSF, an independent standard confirming our operational waste doesn't end up in a landfill. When you choose HAUS, you're choosing a salon that puts in the work to back that up.

5. You're Part of the Shift

Salons change when clients ask questions: where the waste goes, why it matters, whether it's certified. Since 2009, the Green Circle Salons network has grown to over 16,000 certified professionals and kept more than 13 million pounds of waste out of landfills and waterways. That number is made up of individual clients making the choice you're making right now.

Ready to feel good about where you book? HAUS Salon is a Certified Green Circle Salon with locations in Nicollet, North Loop, and Northeast Minneapolis. Book now to be a part of the change in the Twin Cities!