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Human hair could be the ultimate recycled material as soil conditioner, to clean-up oil spills

Jackie Yong first came up with the idea when she was a hairdresser 15 years ago. (ABC Central Victoria: Shannon Schubert)

"Hair is the new poop," Jackie Yong explains with a laugh. That's the catchphrase summarising a new product she has created that uses human hair to improve garden soil.

Her business Soilz Alive produces human hair in soil conditioner, which she says improves soil quality. 

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