Elegant. Brilliant.

Kudos. A solution to a problem that considers the entire lifecycle of its materials—or at least more of the lifecycle than most products do.

Collect your hair trimmings and send them to the Gulf cleanup!

(My only concern: what effect might all the hideous and bizarre consumer-culture hair treatment chemistry—embedded in the collected trimmings—have on the environment? Am I the only one who uses a limited-ingredient shampoo?)