Wendy Coles Salon

1114 Grant Avenue
Novato, CA 94945
415-878-2000

Go Green

Wendy Coles Salon is taking steps to become a registered green business in Marin County as part of our mission statement to give back to the community. Currently, Marin County is undergoing a pilot program for salons for green business registration; however, we have begun implementing the following into our daily activities:

1. Energy Conservation

v We aim to minimize energy use. We have high efficiency water heating, Energy Star rated appliances and cooling system, and our light fixtures have low energy lamps
v Our goal is to be carbon neutral

2. Waste Reduction and Recycling

v We aim to work with our suppliers to minimize packaging and recycle and reuse where possible
v We encourage recycling and reuse and have recycling containers throughout the salon
v We have implemented a recycling incentive for old hair appliances and product containers
v We are registered with the Northbay Corporation under their green pledge program

3. Material Usage

v We use sustainable and biodegradable cleaning products
v We use recycled products where possible

4. Water Conservation

v We have low flow toilets, faucets and encourage our staff to minimize water usage

5. Transportation

v We encourage the use of public transportation

6. Community and Society

v We work with the community to share our values for this and future generations

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Recycling Program

Wendy Coles Salon provides a recycling service to our clients and the community where you can bring in any of your empty/waste product containers/bottles or old/retired electrical equipment and we will reward you with a discount on your next purchase. Our recycling program is as follows:

v Return empty product containers/bottles of our products and we will offer you a $0.50 off your next product purchase of any retail product or hair appliances.

v If you bring old electrical hair styling equipment such as flat irons, curling irons, blow dryers, etc we will do the following:

• If the equipment is still operational we will donate the item to Marin Abused Women’s Services . If the equipment is faulty we will recycle the item on your behalf.
• In return we will offer a $10 discount on the purchase of any retail product or electrical item.

Where does your hair go?

Wendy Coles Salon is recycling all of the hair that we cut and sends it to a San Francisco based non-profit organization, Matter of Trust . Matter of Trust uses the hair to weave hair mats that are used to collect the remnants of oils spills, which the Bay Area recently experienced. When the mats reach their “oil holding capacity” they are dumped at a site where they undergo a biodegradable recycling process. Oyster mushrooms decompose the oily hair mats, detoxify them, and turn hazardous waste into useable compost. All of the hair and oil products are fully decomposed over time and the site becomes fully reusable. Refer to our community page for our most recent Matter of Trust charity event.

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Links

Refer to the following links for further information of suppliers and other green business organizations:

Bay Area Green Business Program: www.greenbiz.ca.gov/
Green Citizen: www.greencitizen.com/
Hilliard: www.hillyard.com/
Northbay Corporation: www.novatodisposal.com/

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