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India Is Using Human Hair to Clean Rivers

Summary by The Better India
They’re using human hair to clean India’s rivers and it’s actually working 🌊✂️ Human hair can absorb oil up to 7–9 times its own weight That’s why the Kesakambali Foundation began recycling donated hair into powerful oil soaking mats to clean polluted canals in Gurugram before the waste reaches the Yamuna River These mats are woven using felting machines placed inside floating barriers and lowered into waterways filled with grease chemicals and…
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The Better India broke the news on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.
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