Whats the most environmentally friendly way to get rid of the hair from my brush or comb?
In lieu of trashing it, I’ve been flushing it down the toilet, but something tells me that can’t be right. Trust your instinct: The toilet is not the proper place for hairballs. First of all, it could lead to clogs in your plumbing. The wastewater treatment plant, in turn, will just try to screen out your hair and truck it off to the landfill along with the Q-tips, condoms, and other sundry interlopers that get flushed every day. In other words, the hair will quite likely end up in the same place whether you flush it or toss it in the garbage, but flushed hair wastes energy and fuel on its circuitous journey. The best way to dispose of hair is by composting it. Hairballs are rich in nitrogen, a key ingredient in every compost pile. Just make sure to cut your tresses into small pieces and spread them around the pile, so they don’t form clumps. (Matted hair will biodegrade much more slowly.) You can also throw in wet hair from your shower drain as long as you cut it up first. In fact, da
