Every foil you use gets thrown away after one service. Slide in your salon’s numbers below to see how much aluminum that adds up to in a year — and how much reusable Color Shells could save.
Salon foil waste calculator
See how much foil your salon sends to landfill each year — then what reusable shells would save.
15
50
50
124 lbs
of aluminum foil sent to landfill every year
37,500foils a year
3,775aluminum cans’ worth
620lbs over 5 years
Color Shells are reusable 100+ times. Switching could keep about 124 lbs of foil out of landfill every year.
Shop Color ShellsThis is a rough estimate for illustration only. Based on ~1.5 g per pre-cut foil and ~14.9 g of aluminum per soda can; actual figures vary with foil size, hair length, and service type (a full head of highlights typically uses 45–100 foils). Most color-stained foil isn’t recycled and goes to landfill.