Every hairdressing salon discards kilograms of cut hair every week. Most of it goes straight into the bin. With European Hair Trading Company's salon programme, that hair becomes a reliable additional income stream — with zero extra work during your daily operations.
A busy hair salon can collect several kilograms of cut hair per month. While individual strands from short cuts have limited value, longer cuts from clients (30cm+) can fetch significant prices. Over the course of a year, a medium-sized salon can generate hundreds to thousands of euros in additional revenue — simply by keeping cuts that would otherwise be discarded.
Unlike individual sellers, salons benefit from volume pricing and the ability to build a reliable, ongoing business relationship with us. Many of our partner salons contact us on a monthly or quarterly basis for regular bulk collections.
We provide storage bags and labelling guides so your team can sort hair efficiently from day one.
Every collection, regardless of size, ships with our prepaid label. No hidden logistics costs.
Payment within 3–5 business days after receipt. Negotiated rates for regular partners.
Cut hair is repurposed rather than landfilled — a simple sustainability win you can mention to clients.
The salon programme accepts the same quality criteria as individual submissions, with some practical adjustments for bulk collection:
Contact us via the form on our homepage and mention that you are a salon interested in the collection programme. Include your location and an estimate of how many long cuts you expect per month.
We send you collection bags and a simple one-page guide for your team. No training required — the sorting system takes under a minute per client.
When you have built up a meaningful collection (we recommend shipping every 4–8 weeks), request a pickup via our contact form. We send your prepaid label and you post the package.
We process and weigh the collection, confirm the valuation, and transfer payment within 3–5 business days.
We work with salons across all of Europe. Currently active in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, the Netherlands, and more. If your country is not listed, contact us — we accept international salon partners on a case-by-case basis.
No. Both registered businesses and individual freelance hairdressers can participate.
Yes, and many salons do. Some use it as a conversation point about sustainability. Clients whose hair is sold separately receive nothing by default, but you may arrange individual client opt-ins if you choose.
We evaluate bulk collections as a whole and apply a blended rate. Clear separation of natural vs. coloured hair always increases the total payout.