Keep hair in use.
Build a network of salons, barber shops and pet groomers that send separated hair for research into soil applications and natural-fibre sorbents.
About GGHS
The idea began on the floor of a hair salon.
When you work with hair every day, you notice something most people never see: how much material is swept away. GGHS began with a desire to create a simple, practical and genuinely useful alternative.
The starting point
A professional experience became an environmental question.
GGHS founder Angelos Belogiannis comes from the hairdressing sector. Every day, he saw clippings swept up and thrown away without a second thought.
His experience in hairdressing and sales led to a practical question: could this material have a useful second life in Greece?
The answer was not just another product. It was a model: collection at source, responsible environmental applications, collaboration with research and new jobs with a social purpose.
The founder
Angelos Belogiannis
Knowing the sector matters because the collection method must work in a real salon: it needs to be simple, clean and easy for the team.
Our aim is a practical route for hair reuse. Shipping arrangements and any participation costs will be agreed before businesses send material.
Founder, GGHSMission, vision, values
Cleaner water, healthier soil and work with purpose.
A Greek model with European potential.
Local hubs, university collaboration and evidence-based solutions shared as open knowledge.
Integrity before growth.
Circularity, environmental responsibility, social justice, collaboration, careful research and transparency.
Team and experience
Sector knowledge, social expertise and international know-how.
Angelos Belogiannis
Founder, GGHSStrategy, collection network and partnership development.
Dimitris Kirtzidis
Honorary member, GGHS · Founder, RestiaAdvisory contribution drawing on experience with Restia and hair recycling.
Legal form & transparency
A non-profit company under formation, with clear commitments from the outset.
Being precise about our current stage is part of earning trust.
Non-profit purpose
The proposed statute directs any surplus exclusively back into the mission; it is not distributed to members.
Measurable work
Tracking material, active collection points, production, testing, costs and inclusive employment.
Accountability
Annual financial and impact reporting, donor reports and independent review where required.
Open knowledge
Collaboration with researchers and publication of key findings, while protecting safety and personal data.
Built with shared knowledge, strong partnerships and clear commitments.
International know-howHair Matters (formerly Clean Wave)
Organisational developmentMember of the HIGGS Incubator programmeLet’s make it useful