Australians are contributing their share to help in the clean up of the one of the worst oil spills along the U.S. Gulf Coast beaches. Australians are sending their hair, tons of it.

Transition International Group, a non-profit hair loss replacement and hair loss restoration organization said that its clinics in Australia have committed to contribute hundreds of pounds of human hair as part of an effort to generate as much hair as possible to be used in the oil spill cleanup that along the Gulf of Mexico.

Transitions administrator Greg Taylor said: "The cuticles on the hair literally grab on to the oil and contain it within the stocking. He added that it has been proven that human hair, the ultimate renewable resource, when enclosed in a simple nylon stocking, absorbs more oil than the best man made device.

Taylor added that Transition, representing more than 65 of the top independent hair loss restoration clinics from around the world, including Australia, North America, and Europe, donated hundreds of pounds of human hair to help with oil spill clean.

"If we succeed, we can help to minimize the potentially horrible damage that will occur to the beaches, industry and wildlife along the Gulf," Taylor added.

He said the group is sending hundreds of pounds of unused hair, left over from the making of their top of the line Hair Replacement systems and human hair wigs, to a collection point in Florida where they are assembled into resources that will help clean up Louisiana waters following the recent Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Rather than adding waste to our landfills, the donated hair is assembled into protective mats and booms along the beaches of the Gulf Coast. Additionally, when stitched together into a dense pad, they can be used to clean up almost any type of oil from an environmental oil spill. These pads can be cleaned and re-used up to 100 times, after which they can be safely used as a totally biodegradable natural plant fertilizer.