Earth Care

As an Eco-conscious business, Virtue Salon is always striving to stay on the cutting edge of being as environmentally friendly as possible.  From the products we use and order all the way down to the hair we cut, every aspect of our business is meticulously evaluated.  We have a strict Team Member recycling program as well as a composting pickup every two weeks to pick up what cant be recycled.  Our cultural goal as a team is to become a zero waste salon and each day we grow closer to our goal.  Below you will find some of the ways we like to be different in the salon industry!

  • STATIONERY

    All of our business cards and postcards are hand-cut from recycled materials that are collected from friends of the Salon. This adds another use to the cardboard waste before it gets put in the recycling.

  • VEGAN PRODUCTS

    Virtue Salon requires all of the products we use in house to be 100% vegan, free of animal testing, sulfate-free, and paraben-free. We evaluate each ingredient carefully to be sure that all the claims the company makes are accurate.

  • RECYCLING

    We strive to reduce and reuse what we can at all times. We are always reassessing our impact and how we can improve. The team carefully separates out recyclable product packaging and sorts their own food packaging to reduce our environmental impact as a community.

  • COMPOSTING

    All hair clippings are collected and are picked up twice a month by a Columbus compost company to be returned to the earth. Additionally, some local gardeners pick up hair to humanely ward off animals from gardens. Through these efforts we have diverted tens of thousands of pounds of hair waste from the landfill!

  • GREEN SPACE

    Exterior space around Virtue has been converted into “green space,” and includes raised beds used to produce vegetables, flowers and herbs. Interior plants are also a staple to the environment in Virtue Salon. Referred to as the Virtue Jungle, the plants are ever changing and moving around the salon.

  • WATER

    Virtue has transitioned all shampoo heads to the ECOHEADS brand shampoo heads, which use only 1/2 the amount of water of traditional shower heads while maintaining pressure and performance. We also utilize a commercial laundry service to further reduce the amount of detergent and water waste that would come from running laundry in-house all day.

  • WASTE

    After thoughtfully putting as much of our waste as we can into composting, community repurposing, or recycling, much of what is leftover must go into the trash. We are proud to limit our landfill waste to only one standard trash can per week as a business.

  • REFILL PROGRAM

    We offer our guests an opportunity to refill their shampoo and conditioner bottles instead of buying new. We see this as a way each individual can do their part in reducing their waste.