Thank you everyone for generously donating your old sheets, towels and heating pads. The need for these items is still great. If you have not heard the news today, the box that was lowered did not work and oil is now beginning to land on the beaches of Alabama. We will continue collecting these items and sending them to the Gulf of Mexico. The items can be dropped off of our locations, in Bunnell on Tuesdays and Ormond Beach on Thursdays. Additionally many of our members reached out to their neighbors and friends, collected the items and brought them to Tuesdays Harvest Day. A few local businesses have also decided to become drop-off locations.
We still have not seen the impact the oil spill will have on our wildlife. We are only now seeing oil come up on US shores. Flagler Organics would like to continue the momentum. Please continue to donate:
- Sheets
- Towels
- Heating Pads without the automatic shut off
- Out door Extension Cords
Did you know?
“You shampoo your hair because it gets greasy. Hair is very efficient at collecting oil off surfaces like your skin, air and out of the water. It even collects petroleum oil. Hair is adsorbent (as in “clings to” unlike absorbent which is to “soak up.”)
Flagler Organics is organizing the donation of human and pet hair and making “booms” to clean up our shores.
Booms are used to circle and contain a spill and protect fragile eco-systems. These stockings filled with hair are called “booms” or “oil socks.”
Flagler Organics is working with Matter of Trust, an ecologicalpublic 501 c 3 charity established in 1998. Hair clippings from salons and pet groomers are sent in recycled shampoo boxes lined with large plastic garbage bags. The hair is shipped to specific US manufacturers who weave them into mats that can soak up oil and clean our beaches and harbors.
Recycled hair clippings are also made into hair “booms” which are sausage shaped.
Hair is stuffed into recycled nylons (with mesh to provide a strong exterior). These booms are then tied together and used to encircle and contain oil spills to keep oil from spreading. They protect fragile coves and habitats.
The Exxon-Valdez oil spill in Alaska inspired hair stylist, Phil McCrory, to invent the hair mat in 1989. Since 2000, Matter of Trust has partnered with Phil and now thousands of salons to help decontaminate water ways, prevent soil erosion, and create green jobs.
Flagler Organics is seeking a volunteer community outreach people to coordinate Flagler County and Volusia County “hairraising” events. Let’s pray we won’t need these items for our beaches and can do all we can for the gulf coast beaches.
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I just wrote my first blog about saving dolphins, It wasn’t much but I know I just have to say something…
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oil spills can really damage the environment so bad that it would take years to repair the damage”‘~