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Jakarta –

A brown sweater looks like a typical knitted outerwear. However, who would have thought that these clothes were made from human hair.

The sweater in question envelops the body of a female model for a promotional photoshoot for Human Material Loop. Start-up business (startups) from the Netherlands has developed a technology that transforms human hair into textile material.

Zsofia Kollar, one of the founders, said that hair has great potential to replace conventional threads. This possibility is reinforced by the emotional connection between humans and their hair.

“We really care about the health of our hair. However, when it is cut, we feel disgusted,” he said, as quoted by CNN.

It is not surprising that human hair waste is simply thrown away. Recycling efforts are still very minimal. In fact, its contribution to global warming is quite significant.

Imagine, salons in the United States and Canada can produce 397 kg of hair waste every minute.

When it becomes waste and no longer receives oxygen because it is packaged, hair releases greenhouse gases, which cause climate change.
In its report, Human Material Loop states that 72 million kg of hair waste ends up in landfills each time. This amount is equivalent to seven times the weight of the Eiffel Tower.

“This is a very important problem, but so far there is no good solution,” Kollar added.

Since the pandemic, Human Material Loop has been processing hair waste from salons in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Cut or damaged hair does not contain nuclear DNA, so the identity of the owner cannot be traced for security reasons.

According to him, the technique of making yarn from hair is not much different from other materials. Short cut hair is spun together and made into long threads to form coils, then colored with pure pigment. You can color it

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